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GLSA-201701-09 : Xdg-Utils: Command injection

medium Nessus Plugin ID 96240

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-09 (Xdg-Utils: Command injection)

 An eval injection vulnerability was discovered in Xdg-Utils.
 Impact :

 A context-dependent attacker could execute arbitrary code via the URL argument to xdg-open.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Xdg-Utils users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=x11-misc/xdg-utils-1.1.1'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-09

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 96240

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-201701-09.nasl

Version: 3.3

Type: local

Published: 1/3/2017

Updated: 1/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9622

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:xdg-utils

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9622

GLSA: 201701-09