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backend/comics/comics-document.c (aka the comic book backend) in GNOME Evince before 3.24.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a .cbt file that is a TAR archive containing a filename beginning with a "--" command-line option substring, as demonstrated by a --checkpoint-action=exec=bash at the beginning of the filename.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade evince | Sep 20, 2017 | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade evince-browser-pluginUpgrade evince-libsUpgrade evince-nautilusUpgrade evinceUpgrade evince-debuginfoUpgrade evince-dviUpgrade evince-devel | Aug 28, 2019 | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade atrilUpgrade evince | Jul 15, 2017 | Jul 14, 2017 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade atril-liteUpgrade evince-liteUpgrade evinceUpgrade atril | Aug 22, 2017 | Jul 13, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade evince-libsUpgrade evince-nautilusUpgrade evince-dviUpgrade evince | Nov 30, 2017 | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade evince-dviUpgrade evince-libsUpgrade evinceUpgrade evince-nautilus | Nov 30, 2017 | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade entire/ to version 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.15.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade desktop/pdf-viewer/evince to version 2.30.3-0.175.3.31.0.4.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Jul 18, 2018 | Sep 5, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade evince-libsUpgrade evince-nautilusUpgrade evince-dviUpgrade evince-browser-pluginUpgrade evinceUpgrade evince-devel | Aug 9, 2017 | Jul 13, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade evince-browser-pluginUpgrade evince-nautilusUpgrade evince-libsUpgrade evince-debuginfoUpgrade evince-dviUpgrade evince-develUpgrade evince | Aug 3, 2017 | Jul 14, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade evince-plugin-xpsdocumentUpgrade evince-plugin-pdfdocumentUpgrade evince-plugin-tiffdocumentUpgrade typelib-1_0-EvinceView-3_0Upgrade evince-develUpgrade evince-plugin-dvidocumentUpgrade evince-browser-pluginUpgrade evince-langUpgrade evince-plugin-djvudocumentUpgrade evinceUpgrade libevdocument3-4Upgrade libevview3-3Upgrade evince-plugin-psdocumentUpgrade nautilus-evinceUpgrade typelib-1_0-EvinceDocument-3_0 | Jul 18, 2017 | Jul 14, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade evince-commonUpgrade evince | Dec 20, 2017 | Jul 13, 2017 |
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