Description
kcleanup.cpp in KDirStat 2.7.0 does not properly quote strings when deleting a directory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a " (double quote) character in the directory name, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-2528.
References
- https://bitbucket.org/jeromerobert/k4dirstat/commits/1ad2e96d73fa06cd9be0f3749b337c03575016aa#chg-src/kcleanup.cpp
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0984 vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077059
- [oss-security] 20140317 CVE request: kdirstat, insufficient quote escaping leading to arbitrary command execution mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20140318 Re: CVE request: kdirstat, insufficient quote escaping leading to arbitrary command execution mailing-list
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=741659