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CVE-2017-14500

Published: 17 September 2017

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
newsbeuter
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
xenial
Released (2.9-3ubuntu0.1)
artful Not vulnerable
(2.9-6)
bionic Not vulnerable
(2.9-6)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(2.9-6)
disco Not vulnerable
(2.9-6)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (2.9-7)
zesty
Released (2.9-5+deb9u2build0.17.04.1)
Patches:
upstream: https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333
upstream: https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H