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<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>