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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-1000083: Vulnerability in Evince

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2017-1000083: Vulnerability in Evince

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/05/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
07/18/2018
Modified
02/17/2022

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)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-desktop-pdf-viewer-evince-2-30-3-0-175-3-31-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-entire-11-4-11-4-0-0-1-15-0

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