CVE-2000-0727
Description
From CVE.org
xpdf PDF viewer client earlier than 0.91 does not properly launch a web browser for embedded URL's, which allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a URL that contains shell metacharacters.
Statement
This issue was fixed in the following products:
- Red Hat Linux 5.2 - RHSA-2000:060 (2000-09-13)
- Red Hat Linux 6.2 - RHSA-2000:060 (2000-09-13)
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