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Ubuntu alert USN-497-1 (xfce4-terminal)

From:  Kees Cook <kees@ubuntu.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-497-1] xfce4-terminal vulnerability
Date:  Mon, 13 Aug 2007 20:32:55 -0700
Message-ID:  <20070814033255.GH7789@outflux.net>
Cc:  full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@securityfocus.com

=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-497-1 August 14, 2007 xfce4-terminal vulnerability CVE-2007-3770 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: xfce4-terminal 0.2.5+r21674-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 6.10: xfce4-terminal 0.2.5.4-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 7.04: xfce4-terminal 0.2.6-0ubuntu3.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart your session to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: Lasse Kärkkäinen 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. Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 7892 902a748e0c0fe963aed9f62d7492247c http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 982 7ab2af378e2db311101541887b3d899f http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1719502 202f3d5364127ee2cd3434e7fecad5d2 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1005574 5b196f5dc586000452233f215248423b i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 998716 7476e02c550b2876da957249e126ba91 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1002380 eec3f73feb99b58aaef302ffa0cf24b8 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1000628 822e33229ad34eb7703051a8ea3eab88 Updated packages for Ubuntu 6.10: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 7764 6759a5320fc94d1c95d2fd68dbbf974d http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 967 5556541b5e806d77a068018609d97674 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1914192 858ff414d46c2bdd695da3874ef01090 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1010080 607dc6c46565dac2cfa378134e5d91e2 i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1004880 343ed30f5a69e7caeb081269c7300b31 powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1006248 2c3e3ff2ceb6711f055b4e1af3c28607 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1004086 b7744640ce68f8f8d8763dee3414ffb8 Updated packages for Ubuntu 7.04: Source archives: http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 8617 2ed6e7705918937831599b2c3d366777 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1043 435a5294f568d44abbd907bec892e50e http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1989139 c93cc68cc7656dfcb57118a999b79242 amd64 architecture (Athlon64, Opteron, EM64T Xeon) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1014248 8af1dd3b37a96344c3a892de94745867 i386 architecture (x86 compatible Intel/AMD) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1008944 a3e14fefeecbc2b3128652b809c5a27a powerpc architecture (Apple Macintosh G3/G4/G5) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1019758 fd1f70e5262180924f1f741f8abf79b7 sparc architecture (Sun SPARC/UltraSPARC) http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/x/xfce4-termi... Size/MD5: 1012044 3539fef005cc32fa15e331870b3313bb -- ubuntu-security-announce mailing list ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security...


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