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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.10.2018.0059
Category:Mageia Linux Local Security Checks
Title:Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0059)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'backintime' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0059 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'backintime' package(s) announced via the MGASA-2018-0059 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
backintime (aka Back in Time) before 1.1.24 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 in qt4/plugins/notifyplugin.py. This
could allow an attacker to craft an unreadable file with a specific name
to run arbitrary shell commands (CVE-2017-16667).

Affected Software/OS:
'backintime' package(s) on Mageia 6.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
9.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-16667
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-06
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