# CVE-2001-0439: licq before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2001-09-18 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

licq before 1.0.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a URL.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-04/0607.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6261
- http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-032.php3
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-023.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/5641
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-022.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000389

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