Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 : xfce4-terminal vulnerability (USN-497-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 28100

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

Lasse Karkkainen 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.

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Solution

Update the affected xfce4-terminal package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/497-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 28100

File Name: ubuntu_USN-497-1.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/10/2007

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:xfce4-terminal, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.06:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:6.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:7.04

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3770

USN: 497-1