CVE-2006-6979

Description

The ruby handlers in the Magnatune component in Amarok do not properly quote text in certain contexts, probably including construction of an unzip command line, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.03% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory suse.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory kde.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/23984 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0613 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html vendor advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166901
http://secunia.com/advisories/24510 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22568 vdb entry
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138499 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-11.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/24159 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-6979?
CVE-2006-6979 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-6979?
To fix CVE-2006-6979, 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-2006-6979 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-6979 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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