Executive Summary

Summary
Title Xdg-Utils: Arbitrary command execution
Informations
Name GLSA-200801-21 First vendor Publication 2008-01-30
Vendor Gentoo Last vendor Modification 2008-01-30
Severity (Vendor) Normal 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 vulnerability has been discovered in Xdg-Utils, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary commands.

Background

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

Description

Miroslav Lichvar discovered that the "xdg-open" and "xdg-email" shell scripts do not properly sanitize their input before processing it.

Impact

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.

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-1.0.2-r1"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2008-0386 : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0386

Availability

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

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml

Original Source

Url : http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-21.xml

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-04-09 Name : Mandriva Update for xdg-utils MDVSA-2008:031 (xdg-utils)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_031.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200801-21 (xdg-utils)
File : nvt/glsa_200801_21.nasl
0000-00-00 Name : Slackware Advisory SSA:2009-033-01 xdg-utils
File : nvt/esoft_slk_ssa_2009_033_01.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
42839 Xdg-utils xdg-email URL Argument Arbitrary Command Execution
42838 Xdg-utils xdg-open URL Argument Arbitrary Command Execution

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2015-01-19 Name : The remote Solaris system is missing a security patch for third-party software.
File : solaris11_xdg-utils_20140225.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-031.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-02-03 Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update.
File : Slackware_SSA_2009-033-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-18 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_xdg-utils-4983.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-02-01 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200801-21.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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