CVE-2017-17520

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    CVE-2017-17520

    Published: 14 Dec 2017Last Modified: 29 Jul 2025

    Summary:

    Details: tools/url_handler.pl in TIN 2.4.1 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. NOTE: a third party has reported that this is intentional behavior, because the documentation states "url_handler.pl was designed to work together with tin which only issues shell escaped absolute URLs.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17520

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tin

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/tin?arch=source

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:2.4.5-1
    1:2.4.6~20210225-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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