| Name | CVE-2017-16042 |
| Description | Growl adds growl notification support to nodejs. Growl before 1.10.2 does not properly sanitize input before passing it to exec, allowing for arbitrary command execution. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 900868 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| node-growl (PTS) | jessie | 1.7.0-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.7.0-1+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster, bullseye | 1.10.5-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1.10.5-4 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| node-growl | source | stretch | 1.7.0-1+deb9u1 | | | |
| node-growl | source | (unstable) | 1.10.5-1 | unimportant | | 900868 |
Notes
Issue: https://github.com/tj/node-growl/issues/60
https://github.com/tj/node-growl/pull/61
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/146
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