Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 8, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2006-6979
CVE-2006-6979
Description
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
9- bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cginvdVendor Advisory
- lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0015.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23984nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24159nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/24510nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0613nvdVendor Advisory
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200703-11.xmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/22568nvd
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