Unscored CVE-2010-3088 EUVD-2010-3089GHSA-cg5g-2c25-wrjw

The notify function in pidgin-knotify.c in the pidgin-knotify plugin 0.2.1 and earlier for Pidgin allows remote attackers to execute arbitr…

Published Oct 8, 2010 · Updated Sep 17, 2024 · Assigned by redhat

Description

The notify function in pidgin-knotify.c in the pidgin-knotify plugin 0.2.1 and earlier for Pidgin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a message.

References

[oss-security] 20100913 Re: CVE Request: pidgin-knotify remote command injection mailing-list
[oss-security] 20100913 CVE Request: pidgin-knotify remote command injection mailing-list
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336916
http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-knotify/issues/detail?id=1