[SECURITY] [DSA 294-1] New gkrellm-newsticker packages fix DoS and arbitrary command execution

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 294-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze April 23rd, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Security problems in gkrellm-newsticker

Brian Campbell discovered two security-related problems in gkrellm-newsticker, a plugin for the gkrellm system monitor program, which provides a news ticker from RDF feeds. The following IDs were assigned: CAN-2003-0205 gkrellm-newsticker can launch a web browser of the user's choice when the...