CVE-2017-16667 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-16667): backintime (aka Back in Time) before 1.1.24 did improper escaping/quoting of file paths used as arguments to the 'notify-send' command, leading to some parts of file paths being executed as shell commands within an os.system call in qt4/plugins/notifyplugin.py. This could allow an attacker to craft an unreadable file with a specific name to run arbitrary shell commands.
@Maintainer please call for stabilization when ready. Thank you
@arches: Please stabilize immediately.
amd64 stable
x86 stable @ Maintainer(s): Please cleanup and drop <app-backup/backintime-1.1.24!
The bug has been referenced in the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=9e12f546404f2b91fc7052146f705bdbf5eb44e2 commit 9e12f546404f2b91fc7052146f705bdbf5eb44e2 Author: Michael Weber <xmw@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2017-12-22 08:51:37 +0000 Commit: Michael Weber <xmw@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2017-12-22 08:51:49 +0000 app-backup/backintime: Remove security affected version. - Remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2017-16667) Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/636042 - Race condition (CVE-2017-7572) Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/636974 Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.19, Repoman-2.3.6 app-backup/backintime/Manifest | 1 - app-backup/backintime/backintime-1.1.12.ebuild | 77 -------------------------- 2 files changed, 78 deletions(-)}
New GLSA request filed. Gentoo Security Padawan (Jmbailey/mbailey_j)
This issue was resolved and addressed in GLSA 201801-06 at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06 by GLSA coordinator Aaron Bauman (b-man).
