UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17526

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17526

    Published: 14 Dec 2017Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17526

    Summary:

    Details: Input.cc in Bernard Parisse Giac 1.2.3.57 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-2017-17526, https://sources.debian.org/src/giac/1.2.3.57+dfsg1-2/src/Input.cc/?hl=68#L77, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17526, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17526

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: giac

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/giac?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1.2.3.57+dfsg1-2build1
    1.2.3.57+dfsg1-2build2
    1.2.3.57+dfsg1-2build3

    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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