Executive Summary
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | CVE-2007-5837 | First vendor Publication | 2007-11-05 |
| Vendor | Cve | Last vendor Modification | 2024-11-21 |
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) | |||
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| 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
| GUI.pm in yarssr 0.2.2, when Gnome default URL handling is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a link element in a feed. |
Original Source
| Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-5837 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-94 | Failure to Control Generation of Code ('Code Injection') |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18337 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18337 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1477-1 yarssr - missing input sanitising | ||
| Description: | Duncan Gilmore discovered that yarssr, an RSS aggregator and reader, performs insufficient input sanitising, which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands if a malformed feed is read. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1477-1 CVE-2007-5837 | Version: | 7 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | yarssr |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7808 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7808 | ||
| Title: | DSA-1477 yarssr -- missing input sanitising | ||
| Description: | Duncan Gilmore discovered that yarssr, an RSS aggregator and reader, performs insufficient input sanitising, which could result in the execution of arbitrary shell commands if a malformed feed is read. Due to a technical limitation of the archive management scripts, the fix for the old stable distribution (sarge) needs to be postponed by a few days. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-1477 CVE-2007-5837 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 | Product(s): | yarssr |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
| Type | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
OpenVAS Exploits
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-31 | Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1477-1 (yarssr) File : nvt/deb_1477_1.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
| Id | Description |
|---|---|
| 42011 | yarssr GUI.pm Gnome URL Handling Feed Link Element Arbitrary Command Injection |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2008-01-29 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1477.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Sources (Detail)
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2024-11-28 23:15:53 |
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| 2024-11-28 12:13:57 |
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| 2021-05-04 12:06:38 |
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| 2021-04-22 01:07:09 |
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| 2020-05-23 00:20:44 |
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| 2017-07-29 12:02:39 |
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| 2016-04-26 16:47:11 |
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| 2014-02-17 10:42:28 |
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| 2013-05-11 10:41:11 |
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