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Ubuntu 14.10: USN-2453-1 Moderate: Mime-Support Arbitrary Code Execution

run-mailcap could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2453-1 January 07, 2015 mime-support vulnerability ========================================================================= 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: mime-support 3.55ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: mime-support 3.54ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: mime-support 3.51-1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: mime-support 3.48-1ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2453-1 CVE-2014-7209 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mime-support/3.55ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mime-support/3.54ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mime-support/3.51-1ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mime-support/3.48-1ubuntu1.1 . The security bulletin for Ubuntu USN-2454-2 resolves a vulnerability in mime-support that could permit unauthorized program execution upon user login.. mime-support issue, program execution, Ubuntu security advisory. . Severity: Important.LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jan 07, 2015 •Important Ubuntu