Back In Time: Command injection

Background A simple backup tool for Linux, inspired by “flyback project”. Description ‘Back in Time’ did improper escaping/quoting of file paths used as arguments to the ‘notify-send’ command leading to some parts of file paths being executed as shell commands within an os.system call. Impact A...

tnftp: Arbitrary code execution

Background tnftp is a NetBSD FTP client with several advanced features. Description The fetchurl function in usr.bin/ftp/fetch.c allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a Impact A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process. Workaroun...

FreeXL: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background FreeXL is an open source library to extract valid data from within an Excel .xls spreadsheet. Description FreeXL’s shared strings and workbook functions are vulnerable to the remote execution of arbitrary code and Denial of Service. This can be achieved through specially crafted...

git: Multiple vulnerabilties

Background GIT - the stupid content tracker, the revision control system used by the Linux kernel team. Description Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in gitweb that is part of the git package: Shell metacharacters related to gitsearch are not properly sanitized CVE-2008-5516. Shell...