OS Command Injection in newsbeuter - CVE-2008-3907
Published: August 5, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33985
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2008-3907
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 URL. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data via RSS feed and trick the victim into opening URL via the open-in-browser command and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
newsbeuter
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2008-3907
Install updates from vendor's website.
newsbeuter - update to 1.1
External References
- http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-security-fix-please-upgrade/
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml
- http://www.newsbeuter.org/downloads/CHANGES
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/01/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30964
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44791