Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - A vulnerability was found in xdg-open and xdg-email commands, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands if the user is tricked into trying to open a maliciously crafted URL.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:031
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : xdg-utils
Date : February 1, 2008
Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0
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Problem Description:
A vulnerability was found in xdg-open and xdg-email commands, which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands if the user is
tricked into trying to open a maliciously crafted URL.
The updated packages have been patched to prevent the issue.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0386
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
87a609bef7d4f1fa89f679f799ab894d 2007.1/i586/xdg-utils-1.0.1-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
91ece389fe517eb37340dab3fdb80b80 2007.1/SRPMS/xdg-utils-1.0.1-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
a5678edc7717df385ff063cd3dd8d1ed 2007.1/x86_64/xdg-utils-1.0.1-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
91ece389fe517eb37340dab3fdb80b80 2007.1/SRPMS/xdg-utils-1.0.1-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
8ae9d8bf4d89f62326e06ed19d89642d 2008.0/i586/xdg-utils-1.0.2-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
e69a33c4cdead90fa44d021902722411 2008.0/SRPMS/xdg-utils-1.0.2-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
7e8c83cb1957521497ceff756a0ea79f 2008.0/x86_64/xdg-utils-1.0.2-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
e69a33c4cdead90fa44d021902722411 2008.0/SRPMS/xdg-utils-1.0.2-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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