PT-2007-1258 · Kde · Amarok

Dirk Mueller · Published 2007-02-08 · Updated 2011-06-16 · CVE-2006-6979

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Amarok (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to the ruby handlers in the Magnatune component, which do not properly quote text in certain contexts. This could potentially include the construction of an unzip command line, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-6979

Affected Products

Amarok

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-6979 · Security Note
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-11.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138499 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0613 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6979 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2006-6979 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24159 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6979 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23984 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/22568 · Note
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166901 · Note