CVE-2017-1000083

CVE Details

Release Date:	2017-07-13
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

backend/comics/comics-document.c (aka the comic book backend) in GNOMEEvince 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.

See more information about CVE-2017-1000083 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 7 (evince)	ELSA-2017-2388	2017-08-09