MGASA-2018-0289

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    MGASA-2018-0289

    Published: 19 Jun 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-18266

    Summary: Updated xdg-utils package fixes security vulnerability

    Details: Updated xdg-utils package fixes security vulnerability: 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 (CVE-2017-18266).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0289.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23132, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/ZECHRCR6RWTX46ANDPIAXPMHZ2EOHNJB/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: xdg-utils

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/xdg-utils?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.3-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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