Alpine: newsbeuter: security update to 2.9-r4 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400801

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in the podcast playback function of
Podbeuter in Newsbeuter 0.3 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by
crafting an RSS item with a media enclosure (i.e., a podcast file) that includes shell metacharacters in
its filename, related to pb_controller.cpp and queueloader.cpp, a different vulnerability than
CVE-2017-12904. (CVE-2017-14500)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400801

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14500

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/25/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/17/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14500

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