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KDE - command parameter quoting problems

Package(s):kde CVE #(s):CAN-2002-1393
Created:December 23, 2002 Updated:February 21, 2003
Description: In some instances, KDE (versions 2 and 3) fails to properly quote parameters of instructions passed to a command shell for execution.

These parameters may incorporate data such as URLs, filenames and e-mail addresses, and this data may be provided remotely to a victim in an e-mail, a webpage or files on a network filesystem or other untrusted source.

By carefully crafting such data an attacker might be able to execute arbitary commands on a vulnerable sytem using the victim's account and privileges.

See this announcement for more details.

Alerts:
Conectiva CLA-2003:569 2003-02-20
Debian DSA-243-1 2003-01-24
Debian DSA-242-1 2003-01-24
Debian DSA-241-1 2003-01-24
Debian DSA-239-1 2003-01-23
Debian DSA-240-1 2003-01-23
Debian DSA-237-1 2003-01-22
Debian DSA-238-1 2003-01-23
Debian DSA-236-1 2003-01-22
Debian DSA-235-1 2003-01-22
Debian DSA-234-1 2003-01-22
Gentoo 200301-11 2003-01-18
Mandrake MDKSA-2003:004-1 2003-01-17
Mandrake MDKSA-2003:004 2003-01-13
Gentoo 200212-9 2002-12-22

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