CVE-2007-5837 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

GUI.pm in yarssr 0.2.2, when Gnome default URL handling is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a link element in a feed.

Published: 2007-11-05

Score: 6.8 Medium

EPSS: 8.8% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:yarssr:yarssr:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DSA	DSA-1477-1	New yarssr packages fix arbitrary shell command execution
EUVD	EUVD-2007-5807	GUI.pm in yarssr 0.2.2, when Gnome default URL handling is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a link element in a feed.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08779.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=448721
http://secunia.com/advisories/27454
http://secunia.com/advisories/28671
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1477
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26273
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3679
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38191

History

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Subscriptions

Yarssr Yarssr

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-11-05T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:47:00.505Z

Reserved: 2007-11-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5837

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-11-05T19:46:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-5837

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94

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