CVE-2017-16042

NameCVE-2017-16042
DescriptionGrowl 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs900868

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
node-growl (PTS)bullseye1.10.5-2fixed
forky, sid, bookworm, trixie1.10.5-4fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
node-growlsourcestretch1.7.0-1+deb9u1
node-growlsource(unstable)1.10.5-1unimportant900868

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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