PT-2008-3127 · Jpegtran+3 · Jpegtran+3

Hhaamu · Published 2008-03-31 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-1568

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions comix version 3.6.4

Description The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a filename containing shell metacharacters that are not properly sanitized when executing the rar, unrar, or jpegtran programs.

Recommendations For comix version 3.6.4, consider updating to a newer version that properly sanitizes filenames to prevent command execution. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the rar, unrar, and jpegtran programs within comix until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1568

Affected Products

Comix

Jpegtran

Rar

Unrar

References · 10

• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00183.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-April/msg00171.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1568 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-29.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29731 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/28547 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41554 · Note
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=462840 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29956 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/29621 · Note