Bug 2239091 (CVE-2023-43091)

Summary:	CVE-2023-43091 gnome-maps: GNOME Maps is vulnerable to a code injection attack (similar to XSS) via its service.json
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Sandipan Roy <saroy>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	gnome-maps 44.5	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	A flaw was found in GNOME Maps, which is vulnerable to a code injection attack via its service.json configuration file. If the configuration file is malicious, it may execute arbitrary code.	Story Points:	---
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Description Sandipan Roy 2023-09-15 07:26:43 UTC

GNOME Maps is vulnerable to a code injection attack (similar to XSS) 
via its service.json configuration file downloaded from 
https://static.gnome.org/gis.gnome.org/v1/service.json. If the 
configuration file is malicious, it may execute arbitrary code.

Affected versions: 43 prior to 43.7, 44 prior to 44.4

Discoverer/Credit: Michael Evans

References, additional information:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/issues/588
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-maps/-/commit/d26cd774d524404ef7784e6808f551de83de4bea

Comment 1 Sandipan Roy 2023-09-15 07:27:01 UTC

Created gnome-maps tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2239092]