The notify function in pidgin-knotify.c in the pidgin-knotify plugin 0.2.1 and earlier for Pidgin allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a message.Referenceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/13/4http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/12/1https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=336916http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-knotify/issues/detail?id=1