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amarok — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6979

The 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.

Products
amarok
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.4.4-1
CVEs
CVE-2006-6979
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 20:17 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6979

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Feb 2007, 18:28 UTC

The 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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-6979

amarok

Fixed versions: 1.4.4-1

amarok

Fixed versions: 1.4.4-1

Complete source record
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