CVE-2006-6979 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Amarok	Amarok

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:amarok:amarok:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-02-08T18:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:50:04.608Z

Reserved: 2007-02-08T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-6979

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-02-08T18:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6979

Redhat

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