# CVE-2008-2575: cbrPager before 0.9.17 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) ZIP (aka .cbz)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2008-06-06 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

cbrPager before 0.9.17 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a (1) ZIP (aka .cbz) or (2) RAR (aka .cbr) archive filename.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.jcoppens.com/soft/cbrpager/log.en.php
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewcvs/rpms/cbrpager/devel/cbrpager-0.9.16-filen-shell-escaping.patch?rev=1.2
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1693/references
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-05.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=827120
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448285
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=601538&group_id=119647
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30417
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42741
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30438
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30701

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