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Debian: DSA 342-1 Moderate: Mozart Unsafe Mailcap Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 7, 2003
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Ubuntu Security Advisory USA 459-3 underscores a flaw in docx handling within libreoffice. It is recommended to implement the patch for improved safety.
A malicious Oz program could execute arbitrary codeunder the uid of a user running a MIME-aware client program if theuser selected a file .

Summary

mozart, a development platform based on the Oz language, includes MIME
configuration data which specifies that Oz applications should be
passed to the Oz interpreter for execution. This means that file
managers, web browsers, and other programs which honor the mailcap
file could automatically execute Oz programs downloaded from untrusted
sources. Thus, a malicious Oz program could execute arbitrary code
under the uid of a user running a MIME-aware client program if the
user selected a file (for example, choosing a link in a web browser).

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.3.20011204-3woody1.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 1.2.5.20030212-2.

We recommend that you update your mozart package.

Upgrade Instructions
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wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will install the referenced file.

If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for
sources.list as gi...

Read the Full Advisory

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Package: mozart

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