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regarding evince cannot decrypt PDFs using 256-bit keys
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--- Begin Message ---
Package: evince
Version: 3.31.91-1
Severity: normal
Steps to reproduce:
- Install qpdf
- Have an unencrypted PDF "test.pdf"
- qpdf --encrypt 123456789 123456789 256 -- test.pdf test-256.pdf
- Try to open test-256.pdf with evince. Enter the password "123456789".
Notice that evince fails and prompts for the password again.
- qpdf --encrypt 123456789 123456789 128 -- test.pdf test-128.pdf
- Try to open test-128.pdf with evince. Enter the password "123456789".
Notice that evince succeeds.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=C.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=C.UTF-8
(charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages evince depends on:
ii dconf-gsettings-backend [gsettings-backend] 0.30.1-2
ii evince-common 3.31.91-1
ii gsettings-desktop-schemas 3.28.1-1
ii libatk1.0-0 2.30.0-2
ii libc6 2.28-8
ii libcairo-gobject2 1.16.0-3
ii libcairo2 1.16.0-3
ii libevdocument3-4 3.31.91-1
ii libevview3-3 3.31.91-1
ii libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 2.38.1+dfsg-1
ii libglib2.0-0 2.58.3-1
ii libgnome-desktop-3-17 3.30.2.1-1
ii libgtk-3-0 3.24.5-1
ii libnautilus-extension1a 3.30.5-1
ii libpango-1.0-0 1.42.4-6
ii libpangocairo-1.0-0 1.42.4-6
ii libsecret-1-0 0.18.7-1
ii shared-mime-info 1.10-1
Versions of packages evince recommends:
ii dbus-user-session [default-dbus-session-bus] 1.12.12-1
ii dbus-x11 [dbus-session-bus] 1.12.12-1
Versions of packages evince suggests:
ii gvfs 1.38.1-3
ii nautilus-sendto 3.8.6-3
ii poppler-data 0.4.9-2
pn unrar <none>
-- no debconf information
--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message ---
I cannot duplicate this issue with Debian 13. This was probably fixed
in a poppler update.
Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha
--- End Message ---
