CVE - CVE-2006-6979

CVE-ID
CVE-2006-6979	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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BID:22568 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22568 GENTOO:GLSA-200703-11 URL:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-11.xml MISC:http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=166901 MISC:http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138499 SECUNIA:23984 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/23984 SECUNIA:24159 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24159 SECUNIA:24510 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/24510 SUSE:SUSE-SR:2007:002 URL:http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.html VUPEN:ADV-2007-0613 URL:~~http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0613~~ (Obsolete source)
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20070208	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20070208)
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Comments (Legacy)

Proposed (Legacy)
N/A
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