CVE-2017-12904

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CVE-2017-12904

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CVE-2017-12904 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	9.3
Vector	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Network
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	8.8
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Network
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entries: 1054578 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 1059057 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2018:0166-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:26 2023

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Aug 18 17:54:08 2017
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 17:14:43 2023