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SUSE: CVE-2017-18266: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2017-18266: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
05/10/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
06/06/2018
Modified
04/16/2024

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)

  • suse-upgrade-xdg-utils

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