USN-4585-1

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4585-1

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4585-1.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4585-1

Related

Published

2020-10-15T22:14:26.123025Z

Modified

2020-10-15T22:14:26.123025Z

Summary

newsbeuter vulnerabilities

Details

It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle the command line input properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by crafting a special input file. (CVE-2017-12904)

It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle metacharacters in its filename properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by crafting a special filename. (CVE-2017-14500)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / newsbeuter

Package

Name: newsbeuter
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/newsbeuter?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.9-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.8-2

2.9-0ubuntu1

2.9-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "newsbeuter"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9-3ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "newsbeuter-dbgsym"
        }
    ]
}