[ GLSA 200708-07 ] Xfce Terminal: Remote arbitrary code execution

From: Raphael Marichez <falco(at)gentoo.org>
Date: Sat Aug 11 2007 - 17:59:18 EDT

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  Severity: Normal
     Title: Xfce Terminal: Remote arbitrary code execution
      Date: August 11, 2007
      Bugs: #184886
        ID: 200708-07

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Synopsis

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A vulnerability has been discovered in the Xfce Terminal program, allowing for the remote execution of arbitrary code.

Background

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Xfce Terminal is a console tool for the Xfce desktop environment.

Affected packages

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     Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected

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  1 xfce-extra/terminal < 0.2.6_p25931 >= 0.2.6_p25931

Description

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Lasse Karkkainen discovered that the function terminal_helper_execute() in file terminal-helper.c does not properly escape the URIs before processing.

Impact

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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted link, possibly leading to the remote execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Xfce Terminal. Note that the exploit code depends on the browser used to open the crafted link.

Workaround

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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

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All Xfce Terminal users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=xfce-extra/terminal-0.2.6_p25931"

References

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  [ 1 ] CVE-2007-3770
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3770

Availability

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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200708-07.xml

Concerns?

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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

Received on Mon Aug 13 12:11:00 2007