CVE - CVE-2017-1000083

CVE-ID
CVE-2017-1000083	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128 MISC:https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630 MISC:https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee DEBIAN:DSA-3911 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911 REDHAT:RHSA-2017:2388 URL:https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388 BID:99597 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597
Assigning CNA
Distributed Weakness Filing Project
Date Entry Created
20170713	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20170713)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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