UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17527

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17527

    Published: 14 Dec 2017Last Modified: 17 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-17527

    Summary:

    Details: ** DISPUTED ** delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas in PasDoc 0.14 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 software maintainer has indicated that the code referencing the BROWSER environment variable is never used.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17527, https://sources.debian.org/src/pasdoc/0.14.0-1/source/delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas/?hl=63#L63, https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17527, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17527

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pasdoc

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.15.0-1

    Affected versions

    0.14.0-1

    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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