CVE-2017-14500

Summary

CVECVE-2017-14500
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-17 05:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-21 20:15:00 UTC
DescriptionImproper 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.3 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.4 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.5 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.6 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 0.3 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.4 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.5 All All All
Application Newsbeuter Newsbeuter 0.6 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
oss-security - Podbeuter podcast fetcher: remote code execution MISC openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Work around shell code in podcast names (#598) · akrennmair/newsbeuter@26f5a43 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch
Work around shell code in podcast names (#598) · akrennmair/newsbeuter@c8fea2f · GitHub MISC github.com Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3977-1 newsbeuter DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-4585-1: Newsbeuter vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[CVE-2017-14500] Remote code execution in Podebuter · Issue #598 · akrennmair/newsbeuter · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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