Ubuntu: USN-3584-1 (CVE-2017-17512): sensible-utils vulnerability
7
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
12/11/2017
07/25/2018
02/27/2018
11/08/2024
Description
sensible-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.
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-sensible-utils
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