Description
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 (6)
Core 6
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3977
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/16/1
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/c8fea2f60c18ed30bdd1bb6f798e994e51a58260
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/598
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/
Scores
CVSS v3
8.8
EPSS
0.0150
EPSS Percentile
81.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-78
Status
published
Products (24)
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.3
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.4
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.5
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.6
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.7
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.8
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.8.1
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.8.2
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.9
newsbeuter/newsbeuter
0.9.1
... and 14 more
Published
Sep 17, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026