{"id":"MGASA-2018-0059","summary":"Updated backintime packages fix security vulnerability","details":"backintime (aka Back in Time) before 1.1.24 did improper\nescaping/quoting of file paths used as arguments to the 'notify-send'\ncommand, leading to some parts of file paths being executed as shell\ncommands within an os.system call in qt4/plugins/notifyplugin.py. This\ncould allow an attacker to craft an unreadable file with a specific name\nto run arbitrary shell commands (CVE-2017-16667).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:32.025485157Z","published":"2018-01-04T16:48:42Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-16667"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0059.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22000"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/4QNBPN76RX2RKR2K7NEMJMOD576ASBHA/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"backintime","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/backintime?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.24-1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0059.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}