USN-4585-1

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    USN-4585-1

    Published: 15 Oct 2020Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: newsbeuter vulnerabilities

    Details: It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle the command line input properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by crafting a special input file. (CVE-2017-12904) It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle metacharacters in its filename properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by crafting a special filename. (CVE-2017-14500)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4585-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12904, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14500

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: newsbeuter

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.9-3ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    2.8-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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