MIME-Support Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

BID:7403

Info

MIME-Support Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 7403
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Apr 22 2003 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 22 2003 12:00AM
Credit: The discovery of this vulnerability has been credited to Colin Phipps.
Vulnerable: Debian mime-support 3.21
Debian mime-support 3.20
Debian mime-support 3.19
Debian mime-support 3.18
Debian mime-support 3.17
Debian mime-support 3.16
Debian mime-support 3.15
Debian mime-support 3.14
Debian mime-support 3.13
Debian mime-support 3.12
Debian mime-support 3.11
Debian mime-support 3.10
Debian mime-support 3.9
Not Vulnerable: Debian mime-support 3.22

Exploit / POC

MIME-Support Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

No exploit code is required.

Solution / Fix

MIME-Support Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian released a revised security advisory (DSA 292-2) containing updated fixes which address this issue.

mime-support 3.22 has been released which addresses this issue. It should be noted that versions later then 3.18 are considered unstable.


Debian mime-support 3.10

Debian mime-support 3.11

Debian mime-support 3.12

Debian mime-support 3.13

Debian mime-support 3.14

Debian mime-support 3.15

Debian mime-support 3.16

Debian mime-support 3.17

Debian mime-support 3.18

Debian mime-support 3.19

Debian mime-support 3.20

Debian mime-support 3.21

Debian mime-support 3.9

References

MIME-Support Package Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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