CVE-2008-3907

Publication date 4 September 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Description

The open-in-browser command in newsbeuter before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a feed URL.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
newsbeuter	8.10 intrepid	Fixed 0.9.1-1+lenny3
	8.04 LTS hardy	Fixed 0.7-1ubuntu0.1
	7.10 gutsy	Ignored end of life, was needed
	7.04 feisty	Not in release
	6.06 LTS dapper	Not in release

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Notes

jdstrand

per Debian: versions < 1.0-1 didn't include a patch to wrap long article URLs so the crafted part of the URL can be hidden. This of course only affects people not reading articles in the built-in reader.

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-3907