Bug 1759 - /usr/bin/play is a shell script which can be exploited via mime types
Summary: /usr/bin/play is a shell script which can be exploited via mime types
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
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Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
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Version: 6.0
Hardware: i386 Linux
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Assignee: Mike Maher
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Reported: 1999-03-24 21:46 UTC by Preston Brown
Modified: 2008-05-01 15:37 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 1999-04-01 22:37:09 UTC
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Description Preston Brown 1999-03-24 21:46:38 UTC 
/usr/bin/play doesn't properly quote its arguments, and when
fed a properly crafted 'audio file', could do some nasty
things to your system as the user it is being run as.
Comment 1 Cristian Gafton 1999-03-24 22:18:59 UTC 
assigned to mike
Comment 2 Mike Maher 1999-04-01 22:37:59 UTC 
This problem is fixed and in the tree.
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