USN-3584-1

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    USN-3584-1

    Published: 26 Feb 2018Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: sensible-utils vulnerability

    Details: Gabriel Corona discovered that sensible-utils incorrectly validated strings when launcher a browser with the sensible-browser tool. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially crafted URL to conduct an argument injection attack and execute arbitrary code.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3584-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17512

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sensible-utils

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.0.9ubuntu0.14.04.1

    Affected versions

    0.0.9

    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