CVE-2013-4479

medium
Published 2013-10-29 · Modified 2024-11-29
CVSS v3
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4479

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/commit/ca0302e0c716682d2de22e9136400c704cc93e42

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/55400

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/55294

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1
debian debianforkyfixed0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1
debian debiansidfixed0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.12.1+git20120407.aaa852f-1+deb7u1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
ruby RubyGemssup<~> 0.13.2.1~> 0.13.2.1
ruby RubyGemssup<0.13.2.10.13.2.1
ruby RubyGemssup>=0.14.0,<0.14.1.10.14.1.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
supmuasup{"endIncluding":"0.13.2"}
supmuasup0.13.0
supmuasup0.13.1
supmuasup0.14.0
supmuasup0.14.1

References

CWEs

CWE-94

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.