Vulnerability in GNOME Evince (CVE-2019-11459)
Summary
Vulnerability in GNOME Evince (CVE-2019-11459). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 3.32.0 did not handle errors from TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(), leading to uninitialized memory use when processing certain TIFF image files.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2019-11459 has been found in GNOME Evince.
Confidential information can be exposed externally.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "GNOME Evince CVE-2019-11459" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2019-11459 (GNOME Evince)
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in GNOME Evince.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of GNOME Evince.
Severity: ?. Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで GNOME Evince を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory access.redhat.com
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory lists.debian.org
- advisory seclists.org
- advisory usn.ubuntu.com
- advisory debian.org
- patch gitlab.gnome.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org