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CVE-2017-12904 Details

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in bookmarking function of Newsbeuter versions 0.7 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS item that includes shell code in its title and/or URL.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307	CVE	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/591	CVE	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/newsbeuter/iFqSE7Vz-DE	CVE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3947	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/commit/96e9506ae9e252c548665152d1b8968297128307	[email protected]	PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/akrennmair/newsbeuter/issues/591	[email protected]	Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/newsbeuter/iFqSE7Vz-DE	[email protected]
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4585-1/	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3947	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-943	Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Data Query Logic	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
newsbeuter newsbeuter	0.7 0.8 0.8.1 0.8.2 0.9
CPE cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.8.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.9.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:2.9:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	7.0 8.0 9.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 21, 2020	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 10, 2019	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Aug 13, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 1, 2017	Reanalysis	[email protected]
Sep 1, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]