CVE-2017-17512
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Dec 11, 2017
- Updated
- Oct 14, 2026
- Reserved
- Dec 11, 2017
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.
Scores
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Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- USN-3584-1vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20171215 [SECURITY] [DLA 1209-1] sensible-utils security updatemailing-list
- http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog
- https://bugs.debian.org/881767
- DSA-4071vendor-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
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