| Summary: |
app-text/evince: in GNOME Evince before 3.24.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands |
| Product: |
Gentoo Security
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Reporter: |
D'juan McDonald (domhnall) <flopwiki> |
| Component: |
Vulnerabilities | Assignee: |
Gentoo Security <security> |
| Status: |
RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
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| Severity: |
normal
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CC: |
gnome
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| Priority: |
Normal
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Keywords: |
PATCH |
| Version: |
unspecified | |
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| Hardware: |
All | |
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| OS: |
Linux | |
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| URL: |
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630
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| Whiteboard: |
B2 [upsteam/ebuild] |
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Package list:
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Runtime testing required:
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From ${URL}: 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. Discovered by Felix Wilhelm from the Google Security Team. CVE Details:(https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2017-1000083) Upstream Bug:(https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630) Upstream Patch:( commit 717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee / https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee ) @maintainer(s), after bump, please call stable if needed. Thank you Daj Uan (jmbailey/mbailey_j) Gentoo Security Padawan