Gentoo: GLSA-200801-21 Normal: Xdg-Utils Remote Execution Advisory
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January 31, 2008
A vulnerability has been discovered in Xdg-Utils, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary commands.
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-21
https://security.gentoo.org/
Severity: Normal
Title: Xdg-Utils: Arbitrary command execution
Date: January 30, 2008
Bugs: #207331
ID: 200801-21
Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Xdg-Utils, allowing for the
remote execution of arbitrary commands.
Background
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Xdg-Utils is a set of tools allowing all applications to easily
integrate with the Free Desktop configuration.
Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 x11-misc/xdg-utils < 1.0.2-r1 >= 1.0.2-r1
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Miroslav Lichvar discovered that the "xdg-open" and "xdg-email" shell
scripts...Read the Full Advisory
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