Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | mime-support vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2453-1 | First vendor Publication | 2015-01-07 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2015-01-07 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| 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: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2453-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 100 % | CWE-77 | Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection') |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28426 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:28426 | ||
| Title: | DSA-3114-1 -- mime-support security update | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-3114-1 CVE-2014-7209 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | mime-support |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2015-03-26 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-125.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-01-08 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch. File : ubuntu_USN-2453-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-12-30 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-3114.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
|---|---|
| 2015-01-09 13:26:21 |
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| 2015-01-07 21:23:35 |
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