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.

The EPSS score is 0.01047.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

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

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-6961	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

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

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-02-08T18:00:00.000Z

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

Reserved: 2007-02-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6979

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-6979

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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