CVE-2013-4479 (GCVE-0-2013-4479)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-12-07 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 16:45
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://github.com/sup-heliotrope/sup/commit/ca03… x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/55294 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/55400 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Oct/272 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/sup-talk/2013-Octo… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2805 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/30/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2013-10-29 00:00
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