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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id= "201801-06" >
<title > Back In Time: Command injection</title>
<synopsis > A command injection vulnerability in 'Back in Time' may allow for
the execution of arbitrary shell commands.
</synopsis>
<product type= "ebuild" > backintime</product>
<announced > 2018-01-07</announced>
<revised count= "1" > 2018-01-07</revised>
<bug > 636974</bug>
<access > local, remote</access>
<affected >
<package name= "app-backup/backintime" auto= "yes" arch= "*" >
<unaffected range= "ge" > 1.1.24</unaffected>
<vulnerable range= "lt" > 1.1.24</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background >
<p > A simple backup tool for Linux, inspired by “flyback project”.</p>
</background>
<description >
<p > ‘ ’
arguments to the ‘ ’
paths being executed as shell commands within an os.system call.
</p>
</description>
<impact type= "normal" >
<p > A context-dependent attacker could execute arbitrary shell commands via
a specially crafted file.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround >
<p > There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
</workaround>
<resolution >
<p > All ‘ ’ </p>
<code >
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =app-backup/backintime-1.1.24"
</code>
</resolution>
<references >
<uri link= "https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2017-16667" >
CVE-2017-16667
</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag= "requester" timestamp= "2018-01-05T05:36:24Z" > jmbailey</metadata>
<metadata tag= "submitter" timestamp= "2018-01-07T23:41:27Z" > jmbailey</metadata>
</glsa>
