It was found that evince did not properly sanitize the command line which is run to untar Comic Book Tar (CBT) files, thereby allowing command injection. A specially crafted CBT file, when opened by evince or evince-thumbnailer, could execute arbitrary commands in the context of the evince program.
Find out more about CVE-2017-1000083 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.1 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | Required |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (evince) | RHSA-2017:2388 | 2017-08-01 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | evince | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | evince | Not affected |
- Disabling evince-thumbnailer to render icons will reduce the attack surface (removing /usr/share/thumbnailers/evince.thumbnailer).
- SELinux in enforcing mode partially restricts evince-thumbnailer
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