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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703131
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian Security Advisory DSA 3131-1 (xdg-utils - security update)
Summary:John Houwer discovered a way to cause;xdg-open, a tool that automatically opens URLs in a user's preferred application,;to execute arbitrary;commands remotely.
Description:Summary:
John Houwer discovered a way to cause
xdg-open, a tool that automatically opens URLs in a user's preferred application,
to execute arbitrary
commands remotely.

Affected Software/OS:
xdg-utils on Debian Linux

Solution:
For the stable distribution (wheezy),
this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0~
rc1+git20111210-6+deb7u2.

For the upcoming stable (jessie) and unstable (sid) distributions,
this problem has been fixed in version 1.1.0~
rc1+git20111210-7.3.

We recommend that you upgrade your xdg-utils packages.

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9622
BugTraq ID: 71284
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71284
Debian Security Information: DSA-3131 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3131
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Nov/36
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/17/10
http://secunia.com/advisories/62155
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