PT-2008-5240
CVE-2008-3907
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Published
2008-09-04
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Updated
2017-08-08
Description by
CVSS 2.0
6.8
MediumMetricsAV: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.
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