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This bug was fixed in the package mime-support - 3.48-1ubuntu1

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mime-support (3.48-1ubuntu1) lucid; urgency=low

  * Add "cautious-launcher" for handling execution of files that are
    outside /usr and /opt (LP: #506702).
 -- Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>   Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:31:40 -0800

** Changed in: mime-support (Ubuntu)
       Status: In Progress => Fix Released

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needs to block non-executable files from executing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506702
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Status in “mime-support” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
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Bug description:
Binary package hint: nautilus

Following the ratification of the "Execute-Permission Bit Required" security policy, several packages need to have their mime handlers updated to reject opening of various file types that are actually executables when they lack the execute bit.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Policies#Execute-Permission%20Bit%20Required