PT-2008-5240 · Newsbeuter · Newsbeuter

J.H.M. Dassen + 1 · Published 2008-09-04 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-3907

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions newsbeuter versions prior to 1.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a feed URL, specifically through the open-in-browser command.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.1, update to version 1.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of the open-in-browser command with untrusted feed URLs until the update is applied.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3907

DTSA-164-1

DTSA-164-2

Affected Products

Newsbeuter

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-3907 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3907 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31676 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/01/4 · Note
• http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-security-fix-please-upgrade · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31995 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44791 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30964 · Note
• http://newsbeuter.org/downloads/CHANGES · Note