CVE-2017-1000083

Summary

CVECVE-2017-1000083
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-05 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-03 00:03:00 UTC
Descriptionbackend/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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gnome Evince All All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.4 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus 7.6 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 784630 – (CVE-2017-1000083) Evince command injection vulnerability in CBT handler MISC bugzilla.gnome.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Evince Comic Book Backend CVE-2017-1000083 Command Injection Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
comics: Remove support for tar and tar-like commands · GNOME/evince@717df38 · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: CVE-2017-1000083: evince: Command injection vulnerability in CBT handler MISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Evince - CBT File Command Injection (Metasploit) - Linux local Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3911-1 evince DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Evince 3.24.0 - Command Injection - Linux dos Exploit EXPLOIT-DB www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500881 Alpine Linux Security Update for evince
  • 504714 Alpine Linux Security Update for evince
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