Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: lynx security update

An updated lynx package that corrects two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. Lynx is a text-based Web browser. An arbitrary command execution flaw was...

lynx: .mailcap and .mime.types files read from CWD

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Lynx before 2.8.6rel.4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via malicious 1 .mailcap and 2 mime.types files in the current working directory...

Debian DSA-342-1 : mozart - unsafe mailcap configuration

mozart, a development platform based on the Oz language, includes MIME configuration data which specifies that Oz applications should be passed to the Oz interpreter for execution. This means that file managers, web browsers, and other programs which honor the mailcap file could automatically...

CVE-2003-0538

The mailcap file for mozart 1.2.5 and earlier causes Oz applications to be passed to the Oz interpreter, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary Oz programs in a MIME-aware client program...

CVE-2003-0538

The mailcap configuration in mozart 1.2.5 and earlier causes Oz applications to be passed to the Oz interpreter, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary Oz programs in a MIME-aware client. Impact is arbitrary code execution under the user running the MIME client; affected: mozart with mail...

[SECURITY] [DSA-342-1] New mozart packages fix unsafe mailcap configuration

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 342-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Matt Zimmerman July 7th, 2003 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

DSA-342 mozart - unsafe mailcap configuration

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CVE-2003-0214

run-mailcap in mime-support 3.22 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0214

run-mailcap in mime-support 3.22 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files...

CVE-2003-0214

CVE-2003-0214 affects mime-support (Debian) up to version 3.22; run-mailcap can overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files due to insecure temporary file handling. Debian issued DSAs 292-1/292-2/292-3 to fix mime-support. OpenVAS/NESSUS entries note the system may be missin...

SGI systems may execute commands embedded in mail messages

Overview Some SGI systems produced circa 1998 allowed an intruder to send mail that would execute commands when the reader opened the message. Description On some SGI systems, Netscape is bundled with IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 and is used as the default web browser and mail reader. On these systems, the...

CVE-1999-0365

The metamail package allows remote command execution using shell metacharacters that are not quoted in a mailcap entry...

pine4.10-remote.txt

Date: Mon, 8 Feb 1999 00:22:17 +0100 From: Michal Zalewski To: [email protected] Subject: remote exploit on pine 4.10 - neverending story? Affected systems: ----------------- Any Unx system running 'pine' up to version 4.10 latest. Compromise: ----------- Remote execution of arbitrary code whe...

CVE-1999-0365

The metamail package allows remote command execution using shell metacharacters that are not quoted in a mailcap entry...

PT-1999-1053 · Metamail · Metamail

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: metamail affected versions not specified Description: The issue allows remote command execution using shell metacharacters that are not quoted in a mailcap entry. Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version...