Slackware 12.2 xdg-utils Command Execution Critical Update

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/xdg-utils-1.0.2-noarch-3_slack12.2.tgz: This update fixes two security issues. First, use of xdg-open in /etc/mailcap was found to be unsafe -- xdg-open passes along downloaded files without indicating what mime type they initially presented themselves as, leaving programs further down the processing chain to discover the file type again. This makes it rather trivial to present a script (such as a .desktop file) as a document type (like a PDF) so that it looks safe to click on in a browser, but will result in the execution of an arbitrary script. It might be safe to send files to trusted applications in /etc/mailcap, but it does not seem to be safe to send files to xdg-open in /etc/mailcap. This package will comment out calls to xdg-open in /etc/mailcap if they are determined to have been added by a previous version of this package. If you've made any local customizations to