Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3114-1 mime-support -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 29 Dec 2014
- Affected Packages:
- mime-support
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-7209.
- More information:
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Timothy D. Morgan discovered that run-mailcap, an utility to execute programs via entries in the mailcap file, is prone to shell command injection via shell meta-characters in filenames. In specific scenarios this flaw could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 3.52-1+deb7u1.
For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your mime-support packages.