Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | xfce4-terminal vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-497-1 | First vendor Publication | 2007-08-14 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2007-08-14 |
| 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:C/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.8 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 7.8 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Ubuntu 6.10: Ubuntu 7.04: After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Lasse Kärkkäinen discovered that the Xfce Terminal did not correctly escape shell meta-characters during "Open Link" actions. If a remote attacker tricked a user into opening a specially crafted URI, they could execute arbitrary commands with the user's privileges. |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-497-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20457 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20457 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1393-1 xfce4-terminal - insecure execution | ||
| Description: | It was discovered that xfce-terminal, a terminal emulator for the xfce environment, did not correctly escape arguments passed to the processes spawned by <q>Open Link</q>. This allowed malicious links to execute arbitrary commands upon the local system. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1393-1 CVE-2007-3770 | Version: | 5 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | xfce4-terminal |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2009-03-23 | Name : Ubuntu Update for xfce4-terminal vulnerability USN-497-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_497_1.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for Terminal FEDORA-2007-1620 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_1620_Terminal_fc7.nasl |
| 2009-02-27 | Name : Fedora Update for Terminal FEDORA-2007-4385 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2007_4385_Terminal_fc7.nasl |
| 2008-09-24 | Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200708-07 (terminal) File : nvt/glsa_200708_07.nasl |
| 2008-01-17 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1393-1 (xfce4-terminal) File : nvt/deb_1393_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 38082 | Xfce Terminal terminal/terminal.c terminal_helper_execute FunctionOpen Crafte... |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2007-11-10 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-497-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-11-06 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2007-1620.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-10-25 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1393.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2007-08-13 | Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200708-07.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2014-02-17 12:04:32 |
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