CVE-2013-4479
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8
Description
lib/sup/message_chunks.rb in Sup before 0.13.2.1 and 0.14.x before 0.14.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the content_type of an email attachment.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4479
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/commit/ca0302e0c716682d2de22e9136400c704cc93e42
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/55400
Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/55294
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1 |
References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140524005344/http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/sup-talk/2013-October/004996.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-September/165917.html
- http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/sup-talk/2013-October/004996.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Oct/272
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55294
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55400
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2805
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/30/2
- https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/commit/ca0302e0c716682d2de22e9136400c704cc93e42
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4479
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/sup/CVE-2013-4479.yml
- https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup
- http://www.phenoelit.org/stuff/whatsup.txt
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4479
CWEs
CWE-94
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.