CVE-2006-1865

Description

Argument injection vulnerability in Beagle before 0.2.5 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted filenames that inject command line arguments when Beagle launches external helper applications while indexing.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.90% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory seifried.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17611 vdb entry third party advisory broken link
http://lists.seifried.org/pipermail/security/2006-April/013163.html vendor advisory broken link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26104 vdb entry third party advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=189282 issue tracking
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-002.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19778 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19781 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/24938 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/19897 broken link third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html vendor advisory broken link

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1865?
CVE-2006-1865 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1865?
To fix CVE-2006-1865, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1865 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-1865 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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