ubuntu-cve-2017-17518 Withdrawn 2025-06-23
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-12-14 16:29
Modified
2017-12-14 16:29
Summary
Details
** DISPUTED ** swt/motif/browser.c in White_dune (aka whitedune) 0.30.10 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: This issue is being disputed as not being a vulnerability because “the current version of white_dune (1.369 at https://wdune.ourproject.org/) do not use a "BROWSER environment variable". Instead, the "browser" variable is read from the $HOME/.dunerc file (or from the M$Windows registry). It is configurable in the "options" menu. The default is chosen in the ./configure script, which tests various programs, first tested is "xdg-open".”
Severity
8.8 (High)
References
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"aliases": [],
"details": "** DISPUTED ** swt/motif/browser.c in White_dune (aka whitedune) 0.30.10 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: This issue is being disputed as not being a vulnerability because \u201cthe current version of white_dune (1.369 at https://wdune.ourproject.org/) do not use a \"BROWSER environment variable\". Instead, the \"browser\" variable is read from the $HOME/.dunerc file (or from the M$Windows registry). It is configurable in the \"options\" menu. The default is chosen in the ./configure script, which tests various programs, first tested is \"xdg-open\".\u201d",
"id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17518",
"modified": "2017-12-14T16:29:00Z",
"published": "2017-12-14T16:29:00Z",
"references": [
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17518"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://sources.debian.org/src/whitedune/0.30.10-2.1/src/swt/motif/browser.c/?hl=159#L214"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17518"
},
{
"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17518"
}
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"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.6.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"withdrawn": "2025-06-23T15:53:03Z"
}
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