CVE-2017-12904

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12904
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-08-23 14:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:38:00 UTC
DescriptionImproper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in bookmarking function of Newsbeuter versions 0.7 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS item that includes shell code in its title and/or URL.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-943

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.7 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.8 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.8.1 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.8.2 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.9 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.9.1 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 1.0 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 1.1 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 1.2 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 1.3 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.0 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.1 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.2 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.3 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.4 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.5 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.6 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.7 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.8 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.9 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.7 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.8 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.8.1 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.8.2 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.9 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.9.1 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 1.0 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 1.1 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 1.2 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 1.3 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.0 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.1 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.2 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.3 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.4 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.5 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.6 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.7 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.8 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 2.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[CVE-2017-12904] Remote code execution · Issue #591 · akrennmair/newsbeuter · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Google Groups groups.google.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3947-1 newsbeuter DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
USN-4585-1: Newsbeuter vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Sanitize inputs to bookmark-cmd (#591) · akrennmair/newsbeuter@96e9506 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Google Groups MLIST groups.google.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710241 Gentoo Linux Newsbeuter User-assisted execution of arbitrary code Vulnerability (GLSA 201801-18)

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