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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
<glsa id="200801-21">
<title>Xdg-Utils: Arbitrary command execution</title>
<synopsis>
A vulnerability has been discovered in Xdg-Utils, allowing for the remote
execution of arbitrary commands.
</synopsis>
<product type="ebuild">xdg-utils</product>
<announced>January 30, 2008</announced>
<revised>January 30, 2008: 01</revised>
<bug>207331</bug>
<access>remote</access>
<affected>
<package name="x11-misc/xdg-utils" auto="yes" arch="*">
<unaffected range="ge">1.0.2-r1</unaffected>
<vulnerable range="lt">1.0.2-r1</vulnerable>
</package>
</affected>
<background>
<p>
Xdg-Utils is a set of tools allowing all applications to easily
integrate with the Free Desktop configuration.
</p>
</background>
<description>
<p>
Miroslav Lichvar discovered that the "xdg-open" and "xdg-email" shell
scripts do not properly sanitize their input before processing it.
</p>
</description>
<impact type="normal">
<p>
A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted link
with a vulnerable application using Xdg-Utils (e.g. an email client),
resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the
user running the application.
</p>
</impact>
<workaround>
<p>
There is no known workaround at this time.
</p>
</workaround>
<resolution>
<p>
All Xdg-Utils users should upgrade to the latest version:
</p>
<code>
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=x11-misc/xdg-utils-1.0.2-r1&quot;</code>
</resolution>
<references>
<uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0386">CVE-2008-0386</uri>
</references>
<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:15:55 +0000">
rbu
</metadata>
<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:04:22 +0000">
p-y
</metadata>
<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Mon, 28 Jan 2008 20:04:30 +0000">
p-y
</metadata>
</glsa>