Bug 1493595 (CVE-2017-14500) - CVE-2017-14500 newsbeuter: Improper neutralization of special elements used in an OS Command
Summary: CVE-2017-14500 newsbeuter: Improper neutralization of special elements used i...
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-14500
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1484519
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-09-20 14:42 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2020-11-05 10:32 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:25:56 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-09-20 14:42:35 UTC 
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in the podcast playback function of Podbeuter in Newsbeuter 0.3 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS item with a media enclosure (i.e., a podcast file) that includes shell metacharacters in its filename, related to pb_controller.cpp and queueloader.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-12904.

Upstream issue:

https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/598

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/26f5a4350f3ab5507bb8727051c87bb04660f333

References:

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/16/1
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-09-20 14:43:00 UTC 
Created newsbeuter tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1484519]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:25:56 UTC 
This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.
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