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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59186 |
| Category: | Ubuntu Local Security Checks |
| Title: | Ubuntu USN-497-1 (xfce4-terminal) |
| Summary: | NOSUMMARY |
| Description: | Description: The remote host is missing an update to xfce4-terminal announced via advisory USN-497-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Lasse Kärkkäinen discovered that the Xfce Terminal did not correctly escape shell meta-characters during Open Link actions. If a remote attacker tricked a user into opening a specially crafted URI, they could execute arbitrary commands with the user's privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: xfce4-terminal 0.2.5+r21674-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 6.10: xfce4-terminal 0.2.5.4-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 7.04: xfce4-terminal 0.2.6-0ubuntu3.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-497-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 7.8 |
| 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 |
| Copyright | Copyright (c) 2007 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com |
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