Package name xdg-utils
Date February 1st, 2008
Advisory ID MDVSA-2008:031
Affected versions 2007.1, 2008.0

Problem Description

A vulnerability was found in xdg-open and xdg-email commands, which
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands if the user is
tricked into trying to open a maliciously crafted URL.

The updated packages have been patched to prevent the issue.

Updated Packages

Mandriva Linux 2007.1

 87a609bef7d4f1fa89f679f799ab894d  2007.1/i586/xdg-utils-1.0.1-3.1mdv2007.1.i586.rpm 
 91ece389fe517eb37340dab3fdb80b80  2007.1/SRPMS/xdg-utils-1.0.1-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64

 a5678edc7717df385ff063cd3dd8d1ed  2007.1/x86_64/xdg-utils-1.0.1-3.1mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm 
 91ece389fe517eb37340dab3fdb80b80  2007.1/SRPMS/xdg-utils-1.0.1-3.1mdv2007.1.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0

 8ae9d8bf4d89f62326e06ed19d89642d  2008.0/i586/xdg-utils-1.0.2-3.1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm 
 e69a33c4cdead90fa44d021902722411  2008.0/SRPMS/xdg-utils-1.0.2-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64

 7e8c83cb1957521497ceff756a0ea79f  2008.0/x86_64/xdg-utils-1.0.2-3.1mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm 
 e69a33c4cdead90fa44d021902722411  2008.0/SRPMS/xdg-utils-1.0.2-3.1mdv2008.0.src.rpm

References

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0386

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