Debian: DSA-3131-1 Critical: Xdg-Utils Remote Command Execution
debian
January 19, 2015
John Houwer discovered a way to cause xdg-open, a tool that automatically opens URLs in a user's preferred application, to execute arbitrary commands remotely
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Summary
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-6+deb7u2.
For the upcoming stable (jessie) and unstable (sid) distributions,
this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-7.3.
We recommend that you upgrade your xdg-utils packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: xdg-utils
CVE ID: CVE-2014-9622
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