HSEC-2023-0003

code injection in xmonad-contrib

The XMonad.Hooks.DynamicLog module in xmonad-contrib before 0.11.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a web page title, which activates the commands when the user clicks on the xmobar window title, as demonstrated using an action tag.

Info

Published
June 19, 2023
Modified
June 19, 2023
CAPECs
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CWEs
94
Keywords
code, injection, historical
Aliases
CVE-2013-1436
Related
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References
[ADVISORY] https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201405-28
[DISCUSSION] http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/07/26/5
[FIX] https://github.com/xmonad/xmonad-contrib/commit/d3b2a01e3d01ac628e7a3139dd55becbfa37cf51

Affected

xmonad-contrib
CVSS
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Versions
>=0.5 && <0.11.2
Declarations
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