CVE-2008-3907 Information

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.

Reference

http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-security-fix-please-upgrade/ http://secunia.com/advisories/31676 http://secunia.com/advisories/31995 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200809-12.xml http://www.newsbeuter.org/downloads/CHANGES http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/01/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30964 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44791 newsbeuter-url-command-execution(44791)