Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200801-21 (xdg-utils)

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200801-21. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from Gentoo's XML based advisory Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2008 E-Soft Inc. http://www.securityspace.com Text descriptions are largely excerpted fr...

GLSA-200801-21 : Xdg-Utils: Arbitrary command execution

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200801-21 Xdg-Utils: Arbitrary command execution Miroslav Lichvar discovered that the 'xdg-open' and 'xdg-email' shell scripts do not properly sanitize their input before processing it. Impact : A remote attacker could entice a us...