run-mailcap in the Debian mime-support package before 3.52-1+deb7u1 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a filename.

Timothy D. Morgan discovered that run-mailcap, an utility to execute programs via entries in the mailcap file, is prone to shell command injection via shell meta-characters in filenames. In specific scenarios this flaw could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 3.48-1+deb6u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your mime-support packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-2453-1 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Timothy D. Morgan discovered that run-mailcap, an utility to execute programs via entries in the mailcap file, is prone to shell command injection via shell meta-characters in filenames. In specific scenarios this flaw could allow an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
82108	Debian DLA-125-1 : mime-support security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
80411	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : mime-support vulnerability (USN-2453-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
80285	Debian DSA-3114-1 : mime-support - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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CVE-2014-7209

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