Debian: DSA-3947-1: newsbeuter security update
Debian: DSA-3947-1: newsbeuter security update
Jeriko One discovered that newsbeuter, a text-mode RSS feed reader, did not properly escape the title and description of a news article when bookmarking it. This allowed a remote attacker to run an arbitrary shell command on the client machine.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3947-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Sebastien Delafond August 18, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : newsbeuter CVE ID : CVE-2017-12904 Jeriko One discovered that newsbeuter, a text-mode RSS feed reader, did not properly escape the title and description of a news article when bookmarking it. This allowed a remote attacker to run an arbitrary shell command on the client machine. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8-2+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9-5+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your newsbeuter packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.