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Debian 7 Wheezy: DLA-1061-1 High: Newsbeuter Remote Command Issue

debian lts
Calendar Grey August 19, 2017
Dist Debian Esm H88
Patch for newsbeuter addresses a significant vulnerability identified by Jeriko One, mitigating threats of unauthorized command execution.
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
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Summary

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 Debian 7 "Wheezy", these problems have been fixed in version
2.5-2+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your newsbeuter packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: newsbeuter
Version: 2.5-2+deb7u2
CVE ID: CVE-2017-12904

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