UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000083

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-1000083

    Published: 13 Jul 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Aliases:
    USN-3351-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000083, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3351-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000083

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: evince

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3

    Affected versions

    3.10.0-0ubuntu2
    3.10.0-0ubuntu3
    3.10.2-0ubuntu1
    3.10.3-0ubuntu1
    3.10.3-0ubuntu2
    3.10.3-0ubuntu3
    3.10.3-0ubuntu4
    3.10.3-0ubuntu5
    3.10.3-0ubuntu6
    3.10.3-0ubuntu7
    3.10.3-0ubuntu8
    3.10.3-0ubuntu9
    3.10.3-0ubuntu10
    3.10.3-0ubuntu10.1
    3.10.3-0ubuntu10.2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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