Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 461

Debian 3.0: DSA 292-3 Urgent: mime-support Security Vulnerability

debian
Calendar Grey May 1, 2003
Scroller Debian
The Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5328-1 addresses a flaw in libxml2 concerning improper memory management, urging essential patches to mitigate the risk.
This update fixes the second problem from the original advisory.

Summary

I am awfully and sincerely sorry. Apparently, I wasn't able to assign
enough time to this issue and produced insufficiently tested
updates. I'll do my best not to repeat this.

This update fixes the second problem from the original advisory:

When run-mailcap is executed on a file with a potentially
problematic filename, a temporary file is created (not insecurely
anymore), removed and a symbolic link to this filename is created.
An attacker could recreate the file before the symbolic link is
created, forcing the display program to display different content.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been corrected in
version 3.18-1.3.

For the old stable distribution (potato) this problem has been
corrected in version 3.9-1.3.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in
version 3.23-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mime-support packages.


Upgrade Instructions
- --------------------

wget url
will fetch the file for you
dpkg -i file.deb
will i...

Read the Full Advisory

Severity
critical
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Package: mime-support

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.