SB2019042313 - Information disclosure in GNOME Evince

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SB2019042313 - Information disclosure in GNOME Evince

Published: April 23, 2019 Updated: June 25, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019042313
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Access of Uninitialized Pointer (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-11459)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due tothe TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented() function called from tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the backend/tiff/tiff-document.c in GNOME Evince returns uninitialized memory instead of false, when failing to read an image. A remote attacker can gain access to sensitive information on the system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References