GLSA 201801-06: Back In Time: Command injection
Severity: | normal |
Title: | Back In Time: Command injection |
Date: | 01/07/2018 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 201801-06 |
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”.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
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app-backup/backintime | < 1.1.24 | >= 1.1.24 | All supported architectures |
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:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-backup/backintime-1.1.24"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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