| Name | CVE-2023-43091 |
| Description | A flaw was found in GNOME Maps, which is vulnerable to a code injection attack via its service.json configuration file. If the configuration file is malicious, it may execute arbitrary code. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gnome-maps (PTS) | bullseye | 3.38.6-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 43.5-2~deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 47.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gnome-maps | source | buster | (not affected) | | | |
| gnome-maps | source | bullseye | (not affected) | | | |
| gnome-maps | source | (unstable) | 45~rc-1 | | | |
Notes
[bookworm] - gnome-maps <ignored> (Minor issue, mostly hardening since service.json served from fixed/trusted source)
[bullseye] - gnome-maps <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[buster] - gnome-maps <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/issues/588
Introduced with merge: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/merge_requests/227 (v43.alpha)
Fixed by: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/commit/d26cd774d524404ef7784e6808f551de83de4bea (v45.rc)