Package: carmetal Version: 3.5.2+dfsg-1.2 Tags: patch, security Dear Maintainer, the carmetal package has mailcap entries with quoted %-escapes. That is considered unsafe. Proper escaping should be left to the programs using the entry.
This Lintian tag is triggered: https://lintian.debian.org/tags/quoted-placeholder-in-mailcap-entry.html See also grave bug #930908, which was recently closed because "a Lintian test already exists": https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=930908 I'm using the "security" tag because the affected rules in combination with certain mail user agents (or document openers) are the cause of a shell command injection vulnerability. If you need more information let me know. Thanks, MNZ
diff -ru a/debian/carmetal.mime b/debian/carmetal.mime --- a/debian/carmetal.mime 2011-03-07 12:47:14.000000000 +0100 +++ b/debian/carmetal.mime 2021-04-23 11:01:48.791570425 +0200 @@ -1,2 +1,2 @@ -application/x-carmetal; carmetal '%s' ; edit=carmetal '%s' ; test=test "$DISPLAY" != "" ; description="CaRMetal figure" ; priority=2 +application/x-carmetal; carmetal %s ; edit=carmetal %s ; test=test "$DISPLAY" != "" ; description="CaRMetal figure" ; priority=2
