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FreeBSD: VID-01A197CA-67F1-11E7-A266-28924A333806 (CVE-2017-1000083): evince and atril -- command injection vulnerability in CBT handler

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FreeBSD: VID-01A197CA-67F1-11E7-A266-28924A333806 (CVE-2017-1000083): evince and atril -- command injection vulnerability in CBT handler

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/06/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/22/2017
Modified
02/17/2018

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-atril
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-atril-lite
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-evince
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-evince-lite

References

  • DSA-3911
  • DSA-3916
  • 99597
  • RHSA-2017:2388
  • CVE-2017-1000083
  • USN-3351-1

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