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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200809-12">
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<title>Newsbeuter: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>
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Insufficient input validation in newsbeuter may allow remote attackers to
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execute arbitrary shell commands.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">newsbeuter</product>
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<announced>2008-09-22</announced>
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<revised count="01">2008-09-22</revised>
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<bug>236506</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="net-news/newsbeuter" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">1.2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">1.2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Newsbeuter is a RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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J.H.M. Dassen reported that the open-in-browser command does not
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properly escape shell metacharacters in the URL before passing it to
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system().
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a feed with specially
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crafted URLs, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary
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shell commands with the privileges of the user running the application.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Newsbeuter users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-news/newsbeuter-1.2"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3907">CVE-2008-3907</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2008-09-11T17:38:14Z">
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keytoaster
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2008-09-18T21:45:41Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2008-09-18T21:45:49Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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