Summary
Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-497-1
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Lasse Kä
rkkä
inen 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.
Affected
xfce4-terminal vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS ,
Ubuntu 6.10 ,
Ubuntu 7.04
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-3770 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N
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