Security Advisory (MDKSA-2003:048): eog

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MandrakeSoft Security Advisory MDKSA-2003:048 : eog

 

April 16th, 2003

Updated eog packages fix arbitrary command execution

 

A vulnerability was discovered in the Eye of GNOME (EOG) program, version 2.2.0 and earlier, that is used for displaying graphics. A carefully crafted filename passed to eog could lead to the execution of arbitrary code as the user executing eog.

 

 

The released versions of Mandrake GNU/Linux affected are:

• 9.0

 

[*] 9.1

 

[*] 9.1/PPC

 

[*] Corporate Server 2.1

Full information about this advisory, including the updated packages, is available at:

www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2003:048

 

Other references:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?n...e=CAN-2003-0165

 

Posted automatically by aru (mdksec2mub v0.0.5)