Secunia Security Advisory - Gentoo has issued an update for terminal. This fixes a security issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to inject shell commands.
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TITLE:
Gentoo update for terminal
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26418
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26418/
CRITICAL:
Not critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/
DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo has issued an update for terminal. This fixes a security
issue, which can be exploited by malicious people to inject shell
commands.
For more information:
SA26037
SOLUTION:
Update to "xfce-extra/terminal-0.2.6_p25931" or later.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200708-07.xml
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA26037:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26037/
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