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"From 2007 to 2009 vulnerabilities in a typical end-user PC almost doubled from about 220 to 420."

Non-Microsoft software to blame for increase in vulnerabilities affecting typical Windows end-users, read more:

http://secunia.com/gfx/pdf/Secunia_Half_Year_Report_2010.pdf


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TITLE:
Gnome VTE Icon and Window Title Escape Sequence Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40635

VERIFY ADVISORY:
Secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/40635/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40635

RELEASE DATE:
2010-07-17

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/40635/#comments

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=40635

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DESCRIPTION:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Gnome VTE, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to Gnome VTE not properly
processing the icon title and window title escape sequences. This can
be exploited to inject and execute arbitrary shell commands.

This is related to:
SA8146

SOLUTION:
Update to version 0.24.3.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Gnome VTE:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/vte/0.24/vte-0.24.3.changes

USN-962-1:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2010-July/001120.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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