Arbitrary Command Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package mime-support (opens in a new tab)
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- published6 Jan 2015
- disclosed6 Jan 2015
Introduced: 6 Jan 2015
CVE-2014-7209 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:13.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mime-support package and not the mime-support package as distributed by Debian.
run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3114
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-7209
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/31/8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/61892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62079
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71797
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2014-7209
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/99570