Xdg-Utils: Command injection

Xdg-Utils: Command injection A command injection vulnerability in Xdg-Utils may allow for the execution of arbitrary code. xdg-utils 2017-01-01 2017-01-01 472888 local, remote 1.1.1 1.1.1

Xdg-Utils is a set of tools allowing all applications to easily integrate with the Free Desktop configuration.

An eval injection vulnerability was discovered in Xdg-Utils.

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

There is no known workaround at this time.

All Xdg-Utils users should upgrade to the latest version:


      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=x11-misc/xdg-utils-1.1.1"

CVE-2014-9622 b-man b-man