Summary
Check the version of mime-support
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
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.
Affected
mime-support on Ubuntu 14.10 ,
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS ,
Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Detection
Get the installed version with the help
of detect NVT and check if the version is vulnerable or not.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2014-7209 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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