Executive Summary

Summary
Title Xdg-Utils: Command injection
Informations
Name GLSA-201701-09 First vendor Publication 2017-01-01
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2017-01-01
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Synopsis

A command injection vulnerability in Xdg-Utils may allow for the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

Xdg-Utils is a set of tools allowing all applications to easily integrate with the Free Desktop configuration.

Description

An eval injection vulnerability was discovered in Xdg-Utils.

Impact

A context-dependent attacker could execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Xdg-Utils users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-misc/xdg-utils-1.1.1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2014-9622 : http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-9622

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201701-09.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-77 Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-01-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201701-09.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-02-03 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-90.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-20 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3131.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2017-01-04 13:23:10
  • Multiple Updates
2017-01-01 21:23:25
  • First insertion