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Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:28:18 +0200
From: Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE id request: newsbeuter
Hi,
* Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de> [2008-09-01 12:09]:
> newsbeuter (http://www.newsbeuter.org) 1.1 fixes a security
> issue that was discovered by J.H.M. Dassen (Ray) and is
> fixed in svn revision 1429.
>
> The previous version allowed to execute arbitrary code by a
> crafted feed URL that is passed as a command line parameter
> if the URL is opened by an external browser.
>
> Upstream changelog:
> 1.1:
> Added a line wrap for the article view's headers and the link list on the bottom (fixes Debian issue #491122)
> Added test suite for functional tests of the user interface
> Fixed quoting issue in open-in-browser command
> ^^^^^
>
> This issue should affect all newsbeuter versions < 1.1.
Update, it also affects 1.1, the fix is not sufficient, see
Debian bug #497495. r1445 and r1447 is needed as an
additional fix which now replaces all ' by their hex
representations so this affects < 1.2.
Kind regards
Nico
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