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Debian: CVE-2017-18266: xdg-utils -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-18266: xdg-utils -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/10/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/27/2018
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

The open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-xdg-utils

References

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