OS Command Injection in newsbeuter - CVE-2017-12904
Published: August 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33984
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12904
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: akrennmair
Affected software:
newsbeuter
newsbeuter
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing title and URL in an RSS items. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data via RSS feed to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12904
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Sources
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3947
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307
- https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/591
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/newsbeuter/iFqSE7Vz-DE
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12904