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diff --git a/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..18292024 --- /dev/null +++ b/xml/htdocs/security/en/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200809-12"> + <title>Newsbeuter: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title> + <synopsis> + Insufficient input validation in newsbeuter may allow remote attackers to + execute arbitrary shell commands. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">newsbeuter</product> + <announced>September 22, 2008</announced> + <revised>September 22, 2008: 01</revised> + <bug>236506</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="net-news/newsbeuter" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.2</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Newsbeuter is a RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + J.H.M. Dassen reported that the open-in-browser command does not + properly escape shell metacharacters in the URL before passing it to + system(). + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A remote attacker could entice a user to open a feed with specially + crafted URLs, possibly resulting in the remote execution of arbitrary + shell commands with the privileges of the user running the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Newsbeuter users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-news/newsbeuter-1.2"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3907">CVE-2008-3907</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:38:14 +0000"> + keytoaster + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:45:41 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:45:49 +0000"> + p-y + </metadata> +</glsa> |