CVE-2002-0989 Information

Description

The URL handler in the manual browser option for Gaim before 0.59.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary script via shell metacharacters in a link.

Reference

ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/FreeBSD-SN-02:06.asc http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=72728 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000521 http://frontal2.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2002:054 http://gaim.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103046442403404&w=2 http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4471 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-158 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9978.php gaim-url-handler-command-execution(9978) http://www.osvdb.org/5033 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-189.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-190.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-191.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-156.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5574