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yarssr GUI.pm URL Handling Command Injection Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA27454
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Release Date:
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2007-10-31
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Last Update:
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2007-11-06
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Popularity:
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5,121 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | yarssr 0.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
Duncan Gilmore has discovered a vulnerability in yarssr, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the GUI.pm module not properly sanitising URLs before using them in an "exec()" statement to launch the browser. This can be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the user running yarssr by tricking him into clicking on a malicious feed link.
Successful exploitation requires that "Gnome default" URL handling is disabled.
The vulnerability is confirmed in yassr 0.2.2 for Ubuntu 7.10.
Change Page:
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