1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-2453-1

USN-2453-1: mime-support vulnerability

Publication date

7 January 2015

Overview

run-mailcap could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

Details

Timothy D. Morgan discovered that the run-mailcap tool incorrectly filtered
certain shell metacharacters in filenames. If a user or automated system
were tricked into opening a file with a specially-crafted filename, a
remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

Timothy D. Morgan discovered that the run-mailcap tool incorrectly filtered
certain shell metacharacters in filenames. If a user or automated system
were tricked into opening a file with a specially-crafted filename, a
remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
14.10 utopic mime-support –  3.55ubuntu1.1
14.04 trusty mime-support –  3.54ubuntu1.1
12.04 precise mime-support –  3.51-1ubuntu1.1
10.04 lucid mime-support –  3.48-1ubuntu1.1

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