PT-2003-1034 · Debian · Mime-Support

Published 2003-04-26 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2003-0214

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mime-support versions 3.22 and earlier

Description The issue affects the mime-support package in Debian GNU/Linux, potentially leading to breaches of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected information. It can be exploited by a local attacker. The problem is related to the run-mailcap command, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Recommendations For mime-support versions 3.22 and earlier, consider updating to a version later than 3.22 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the run-mailcap command to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

BDU:2015-03569

CVE-2003-0214

DSA-292

Affected Products

Mime-Support

References · 8

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0214 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0214 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2015-03569 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0214 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2003-0214 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2003/dsa-292 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0214 · Security Note
• http://debian.org/security/dsa-292 · Note