CVE-2006-6979

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-6979
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-02-08 18:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Amarok Amarok All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo update for amarok - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Amarok Magnature Shell Command Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Gentoo Bug 166901 - media-sound/amarok: remote exec of arbitrary code from a malicious server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
SuSE Security announcements: [suse-security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2007:002 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.suse.com Vendor Advisory
Amarok: User-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Bug 138499 – amarok magnatune unsafe shell af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.kde.org Vendor Advisory
Amarok Magnatune Shell Command Injection - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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