OS Command Injection Affecting newsbeuter package, versions <2.9-5+deb9u2
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- published17 Sept 2017
- disclosed17 Sept 2017
Introduced: 17 Sep 2017
CVE-2017-14500 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 newsbeuter to version 2.9-5+deb9u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream newsbeuter package and not the newsbeuter package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in the podcast playback function of Podbeuter in Newsbeuter 0.3 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS item with a media enclosure (i.e., a podcast file) that includes shell metacharacters in its filename, related to pb_controller.cpp and queueloader.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-12904.
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14500
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3977
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-14500
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/598
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/16/1
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-14500