| Name | CVE-2017-1000083 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1031-1, DSA-3911-1, DSA-3916-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 868500 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| atril (PTS) | bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.24.0-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | 1.26.0-2+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| sid | 1.26.2-3 | fixed | |
| evince (PTS) | bullseye | 3.38.2-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 43.1-2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 46.3.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| atril | source | jessie | 1.8.1+dfsg1-4+deb8u1 | DSA-3916-1 | ||
| atril | source | stretch | 1.16.1-2+deb9u1 | DSA-3916-1 | ||
| atril | source | (unstable) | 1.16.1-2.1 | 868500 | ||
| evince | source | wheezy | 3.4.0-3.1+deb7u1 | DLA-1031-1 | ||
| evince | source | jessie | 3.14.1-2+deb8u2 | DSA-3911-1 | ||
| evince | source | stretch | 3.22.1-3+deb9u1 | DSA-3911-1 | ||
| evince | source | (unstable) | 3.22.1-4 |
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630