Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | Back In Time: Command injection |
Informations | |||
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Name | GLSA-201801-06 | First vendor Publication | 2018-01-07 |
Vendor | Gentoo | Last vendor Modification | 2018-01-07 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Synopsis ========
A command injection vulnerability in 'Back in Time' may allow for the execution of arbitrary shell commands.
Background ==========
A simple backup tool for Linux, inspired by "flyback project".
Description ===========
'Back in Time' did improper escaping/quoting of file paths used as arguments to the 'notify-send' command leading to some parts of file paths being executed as shell commands within an os.system call.
Impact ======
A context-dependent attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands via a specially crafted file.
Workaround ==========
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution ==========
All 'Back In Time' users should upgrade to the latest version:
References ==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-16667 https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-16667
Availability ============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06
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Original Source
Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201801-06.xml |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-78 | Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25) |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2018-01-15 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2017-898a922aff.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2018-01-08 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-201801-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-11-27 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2017-1309.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-11-21 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2017-8016cc0bd0.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
2017-11-20 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2017-ebee750022.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
Date | Informations |
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2018-01-08 05:19:57 |
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