UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17517
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Summary:
Details: libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17517, https://sources.debian.org/src/sylpheed/3.5.1-1/libsylph/utils.c/?hl=4292#L4292, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17517, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17517
Affected packages
Package
Name: sylpheed
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~rc2-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
3.4.2-0ubuntu1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
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Availability
None
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