{"id":"USN-4585-1","summary":"newsbeuter vulnerabilities","details":"It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle the command line input\nproperly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by crafting\na special input file. (CVE-2017-12904)\n\nIt was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle metacharacters in its\nfilename properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by\ncrafting a special filename. (CVE-2017-14500)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:57Z","published":"2020-10-15T22:14:26Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12904","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14500"],"upstream":["CVE-2017-12904","CVE-2017-14500","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12904","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-14500"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4585-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12904"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14500"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"newsbeuter","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/newsbeuter@2.9-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.9-3ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["2.8-2","2.9-0ubuntu1","2.9-3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"newsbeuter","binary_version":"2.9-3ubuntu0.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4585-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-12904"},{"severity":[{"score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","type":"CVSS_V3"},{"score":"medium","type":"Ubuntu"}],"id":"CVE-2017-14500"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}