Alpine: newsbeuter: security update to 2.9-r3 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400816

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 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. (CVE-2017-12904)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400816

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: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12904

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: 8/22/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12904

Detections

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