Bug 168741 - CAN-2005-2968 Firefox improper command line URL sanitization
Summary: CAN-2005-2968 Firefox improper command line URL sanitization
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: firefox
Version: 4
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Christopher Aillon
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2005-09-19 22:06 UTC by Josh Bressers
Modified: 2007-11-30 22:11 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2005-10-25 11:49:52 UTC
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Description Josh Bressers 2005-09-19 22:06:09 UTC 
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #168737 +++

Upstream bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=307185

The URL passed to firefox on the command line does not properly escape dangerous
characters before handing the URL to the shell.
Comment 1 Josh Bressers 2005-09-19 22:07:07 UTC 
This issue should also affect FC3
Comment 2 Mark J. Cox 2005-10-25 11:49:52 UTC 
        CAN-2005-2968 Probably Affects: FC3 [#168741:NEW] -> FEDORA-2005-931
        CAN-2005-2968 Probably Affects: FC4 [#168741:NEW] -> FEDORA-2005-926
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