It was discovered that xfce-terminal, a terminal emulater for the xfce environment, did not correctly escape arguments passed to the processes spawned by "Open Link". This allowed malicious links to execute arbitary commands upon the local system. . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 1393-1
Steve Kemp from the Debian Security Audit project discovered a security related problem in crawl, another console based dungeon exploration game in the vein of nethack and rogue. The program executes commands insecurely when saving or loading games which can allow local attackers to gain group games privileges. . - --------------------------------------------------------------------------Debian Security Advisory DSA 949-1
Kommander executes remote scripts without confirmation, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200504-23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - https://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Normal Title: Kommander: Insecure remote script execution Date: April 22, 2005 Bugs: #89092 ID: 200504-23 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======= Kommander executes remote scripts without confirmation, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary code. Background ========= KDE is a feature-rich graphical desktop environment for Linux and Unix-like Operating Systems. Kommander is a visual dialog editor and interpreter for KDE applications, part of the kdewebdev package. Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 kde-base/kdewebdev < 3.3.2-r1 > = 3.3.2-r1 Description ========== Kommander executes data files from possibly untrusted locations without user confirmation. Impact ===== An attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Kommander. Workaround ========= There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========= All kdewebdev users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "> =kde-base/kdewebdev-3.3.2-r1" References ========= [ 1 ] CAN-2005-0754 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CAN-2005-0754 [ 2 ] KDE Security Advisory: Kommander untrusted code execution https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20050420-1.txt Availability =========== This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200504-23 Concerns? ======== Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
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