CVE-2008-3907

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 None
Description
The open-in-browser command in newsbeuter before 1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a feed URL.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-3907
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-09-04T17:41:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-08-08T01:32:15
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.0
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:newsbeuter:newsbeuter:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/01/4
http://www.newsbeuter.org/downloads/CHANGES
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30964
http://secunia.com/advisories/31676 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31995
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml
http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-security-fix-please-upgrade/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44791
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3907
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3907
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:06:19 Added to TrackCVE