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Debian DSA-3114-1 Critical: Shell Command Injection in Mime-Support

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Calendar Grey December 29, 2014
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Debian Security Announcement DSA-3115-1 highlights a vulnerability in the package file-utils. It is advised to update promptly.
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Summary

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.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: mime-support
CVE ID: CVE-2014-7209

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