Debian DSA-3977-1 : newsbeuter - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 103311

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that podbeuter, the podcast fetcher in newsbeuter, a text-mode RSS feed reader, did not properly escape the name of the media enclosure (the podcast file), allowing a remote attacker to run an arbitrary shell command on the client machine. This is only exploitable if the file is also played in podbeuter.

Solution

Upgrade the newsbeuter packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8-2+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9-5+deb9u2.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103311

File Name: debian_DSA-3977.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 9/19/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:newsbeuter, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 9/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14500

DSA: 3977

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