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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2453-1

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2453-1
Posted Jan 7, 2015
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 2453-1 - 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.

tags | advisory, remote, arbitrary, shell
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2014-7209
SHA-256 | 519a4169b63e7dd1fac5f92c80d83d0c4d3a4892ca2ea98747109a50df6492e9

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2453-1

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2453-1
January 07, 2015

mime-support vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- mime-support: MIME support programs

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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 14.10:
mime-support 3.55ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
mime-support 3.54ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
mime-support 3.51-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
mime-support 3.48-1ubuntu1.1

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

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2453-1
CVE-2014-7209

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mime-support/3.55ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mime-support/3.54ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mime-support/3.51-1ubuntu1.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mime-support/3.48-1ubuntu1.1
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