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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.58690
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-1393-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xfce4-terminal' package(s) announced via the DSA-1393-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'xfce4-terminal' package(s) announced via the DSA-1393-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that xfce-terminal, a terminal emulator for the xfce environment, did not correctly escape arguments passed to the processes spawned by Open Link. This allowed malicious links to execute arbitrary commands upon the local system.

For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.5.6rc1-2etch1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 0.2.6-3.

We recommend that you upgrade your xfce4-terminal package.

Affected Software/OS:
'xfce4-terminal' package(s) on Debian 4.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3770
BugTraq ID: 24889
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24889
Debian Security Information: DSA-1393 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1393
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-07.xml
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=184886
http://osvdb.org/38082
http://secunia.com/advisories/26037
http://secunia.com/advisories/26392
http://secunia.com/advisories/26418
http://secunia.com/advisories/27374
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-497-1
XForce ISS Database: xfce-terminalhelper-command-execution(35379)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35379
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