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Unscored USN-4585-1 2 CVEs

newsbeuter vulnerabilities

Published Oct 15, 2020 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle the command line input
properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by crafting
a special input file. (CVE-2017-12904)

It was discovered that Newsbeuter didn't handle metacharacters in its
filename properly. An remote attacker could use it to ran remote code by
crafting a special filename. (CVE-2017-14500)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS newsbeuter 2.9-3ubuntu0.1

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12904
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14500