Red Hat Evince up to 2.32 Font Parser numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Red Hat Evince. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Font Parser. This manipulation causes numeric error. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2010-2643. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Red Hat Evince and classified as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component Font Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-189. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the TFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer.

The weakness was disclosed 01/07/2011 by Marc Deslauriers as Bug 666321 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is shared at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-2643. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/11/2021).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56999 (Debian DSA-2357-1 : evince - several vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155508 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for Evince (ELSA-2011-0009)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (56999), SecurityFocus (BID 45678†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-28997†). The entries VDB-55956, VDB-55955 and VDB-55954 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 56999
Nessus Name: Debian DSA-2357-1 : evince - several vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 862785
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for evince FEDORA-2011-0208
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Patch: git.gnome.org

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07/06/2010 🔍
01/05/2011 +183 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: Bug 666321
Researcher: Marc Deslauriers
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-2643 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-2643
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-55957

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SecurityFocus: 45678 - Evince Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 42769
Vulnerability Center: 28997 - Evince 2.32 and Earlier Integer Overflow in the TFM Font Parser in DVI-Backend Component, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 23:27
Updated: 10/11/2021 08:35
Changes: 03/19/2015 23:27 (60), 03/13/2017 09:36 (10), 10/11/2021 08:33 (5), 10/11/2021 08:35 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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