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Xdg-utils Command Injection Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28638
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Release Date:
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2008-01-31
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Popularity:
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2,721 views
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Critical:
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Less 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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Vendor Workaround
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| Software: | Xdg-utils 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0386
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Xdg-utils, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to the "xgd-open" and "xdg-email" scripts not correctly sanitising parameters before using them in a sed call. This can be exploited to inject and execute shell commands if e.g. a malicious URL is passed to the affected scripts.
Successful exploitation requires that the scripts are not used in a KDE, Gnome, or XFCE session.
The vulnerabilities are reported in version 1.0.2. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Fixed in the CVS repository:
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portlan...scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portlan.../scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported in a Red Hat bug by Miroslav Lichvar.
Original Advisory:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-0386
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