CVE-2023-43091

NameCVE-2023-43091
DescriptionA 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.
SourceCVE (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 PackageReleaseVersionStatus
gnome-maps (PTS)bullseye3.38.6-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm43.5-2~deb12u1vulnerable
sid, trixie47.1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
gnome-mapssourcebuster(not affected)
gnome-mapssourcebullseye(not affected)
gnome-mapssource(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)

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