42839 : Xdg-utils xdg-email URL Argument Arbitrary Command Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-01-25

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-0386" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Xdg-utils 1.0.2 and earlier allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL argument to (1) xdg-open or (2) xdg-email.

Classification

Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Security Tracker: 1019284
CVE ID: 2008-0386 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 27528
Secunia Advisory ID: 28638 28728 29048
Related OSVDB ID: 42838
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2008-0342
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=207331
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?r1=1.24&r2=1.25
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email.in?view=log
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-email?r1=1.36&r2=1.37
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open.in?r1=1.17&r2=1.18
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?r1=1.32&r2=1.33
http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/portland/portland/xdg-utils/scripts/xdg-open?view=log
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=429513
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00008.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:031
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2008-0386
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml

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	30138 31115

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-02-05 | Disagree?

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