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| author |   Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> | 2018-01-17 08:45:48 -0500 |
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| committer | Aaron Bauman <bman@gentoo.org> | 2018-01-17 08:45:48 -0500 |
| commit | 1f7488673c3108de82dfc31b7c1132230e991834 (patch) | |
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| parent | Add GLSA 201801-17 (diff) | |
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Add GLSA 201801-18
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diff --git a/glsa-201801-18.xml b/glsa-201801-18.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..9dbf130f --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-201801-18.xml @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> +<glsa id="201801-18"> + <title>Newsbeuter: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis>Insufficient input validation in Newsbeuter may allow remote + attackers to execute arbitrary shell commands. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">newsbeuter</product> + <announced>2018-01-17</announced> + <revised count="1">2018-01-17</revised> + <bug>628796</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-news/newsbeuter" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">2.9-r3</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">2.9-r3</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p>Newsbeuter is a RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console.</p> + </background> + <description> + <p>Newsbeuter does not properly escape shell meta-characters in the title + and description of RSS feeds when bookmarking. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p>A remote attacker, by enticing a user to open a feed with specially + crafted URLs, could possibly execute arbitrary shell commands with the + privileges of the user running the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p>All Newsbeuter users should upgrade to the latest version:</p> + + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-news/newsbeuter-2.9-r3" + </code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12904">CVE-2017-12904</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2017-09-12T02:38:59Z">chrisadr</metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2018-01-17T13:45:37Z">b-man</metadata> +</glsa> |