CVE-2008-3907

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.

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-20

References

• http://newsbeuter.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/newsbeuter-11-released-contains-secur…
• 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