Bug#435385: iceape browser leaks TCP sockets to children

Tue Jul 31 21:10:06 UTC 2007

On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 10:06:02PM +0200, Alexander Sack wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2007 at 11:43:23PM +1200, Jasen Betts wrote:
> > Package: iceape
> > Version: 1.0.9-0etch1
> > Severity: minor
> > 
> > 
> > dunno if this is a security risk but after downloading a PDF and
> > selecting open with /usr/bin/xpdf  iceape passes TCP sockets to the
> > instance of xpdf it spawns to open the downloaded file.
> > 
> 
> Maybe xxxxxxx just opened pdf-reader with url ... instead of

ehm ... iceape

 - Alexander
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