CVE-2017-17512

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-17512
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-11 06:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-03-16 01:29:00 UTC
Descriptionsensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-74

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sensible-utils Project Sensible-utils All All All All
Application Sensible-utils Project Sensible-utils All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#881767 - sensible-utils: CVE-2017-17512: Argument injection in sensible-browser - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
404 Not Found MISC metadata.ftp-master.debian.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4071-1 sensible-utils DEBIAN www.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
USN-3584-1: sensible-utils vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1209-1] sensible-utils security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
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