CVE-2017-14500

Publication date 17 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in the podcast playback function of Podbeuter in Newsbeuter 0.3 through 2.9 allows remote attackers to perform user-assisted code execution by crafting an RSS item with a media enclosure (i.e., a podcast file) that includes shell metacharacters in its filename, related to pb_controller.cpp and queueloader.cpp, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-12904.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
newsbeuter	20.04 LTS focal	Not in release
	19.10 eoan	Not in release
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Fixed 2.9-5+deb9u2build0.17.04.1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.9-3ubuntu0.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
newsbeuter	Upstream: 26f5a43 Upstream: c8fea2f

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.8 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-4585-1
Newsbeuter vulnerabilities
15 October 2020