OS Command Injection in Liferea - CVE-2023-1350
Published: August 18, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU79684
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-1350
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 within the update_job_run() function in src/update.c within the feed enrichment feature. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data 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.
Affected software
Liferea
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
liferea
net-news/liferea
Gentoo Linux
Fedora
liferea
net-news/liferea
How to mitigate CVE-2023-1350
Install updates from vendor's website.
Liferea - update to 1.14.1
liferea - addressed in versions stable-3720230314014609.1, 1.14.1-1.fc36, 1.14.1-1.fc37, 1.14.1-1.fc38
net-news/liferea - update to 1.12.10
liferea - addressed in versions stable-3720230314014609.1, 1.14.1-1.fc36, 1.14.1-1.fc37, 1.14.1-1.fc38
net-news/liferea - update to 1.12.10