Debian DSA-3947-1 : newsbeuter - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 102599

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Jeriko One discovered that newsbeuter, a text-mode RSS feed reader, did not properly escape the title and description of a news article when bookmarking it. This allowed a remote attacker to run an arbitrary shell command on the client machine.

Solution

Upgrade the newsbeuter packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.8-2+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.9-5+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 102599

File Name: debian_DSA-3947.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 8/21/2017

Updated: 11/26/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:newsbeuter, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12904

DSA: 3947

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