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.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evince | Gnome | * | 3.24.0 (including) |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | RedHat | evince-0:3.22.1-5.2.el7_4 | * |
| Atril | Ubuntu | esm-apps/xenial | * |
| Atril | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Atril | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Atril | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Atril | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | esm-infra/xenial | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | trusty | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | xenial | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | yakkety | * |
| Evince | Ubuntu | zesty | * |
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630
- https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630
- https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/