National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3907
Original release date:09/04/2008
Last revised:08/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The open-in-browser command in newsbeuter before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a feed URL.
Description
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/01/4
"The previous version allowed to execute arbitrary code by a
crafted feed URL that is passed as a command line parameter
if the URL is opened by an external browser."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: newsbeuter-url-command-execution(44791)
External Source: BID
Name: 30964
External Source: MLIST
Name: [oss-security] 20080901 CVE id request: newsbeuter
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.newsbeuter.org/downloads/CHANGES
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200809-12
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31995
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 31676
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-security-fix-please-upgrade/