MGASA-2017-0251

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    MGASA-2017-0251

    Published: 8 Aug 2017Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated atril packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: It was discovered that Atril made insecure use of tar when opening tar comic book archives (CBT). Opening a malicious CBT archive could result in the execution of arbitrary code. This update disables the CBT format entirely (CVE-2017-1000083).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2017-0251.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21326, https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3916

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: atril

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/atril?arch=source&distro=mageia-5

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.8.1-3.1.mga5

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High