CVE-2017-16042

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-16042
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-04 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-10-09 23:24:00 UTC
DescriptionGrowl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Growl Project Growl All All All All
Application Growl Project Growl All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Overview MISC nodesecurity.io Third Party Advisory
fix(lib): fixed command injection vulnerability according to Issue #60 by keymandll · Pull Request #61 · tj/node-growl · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Unsafe use of exec · Issue #60 · tj/node-growl · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378599 Splunk Enterprise Third Party Package Updates for June (SVD-2023-0613)
  • 984029 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for growl (GHSA-qh2h-chj9-jffq)
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