ubuntu-cve-2017-17520
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-12-14 16:29
Modified
2017-12-14 16:29
Summary
Details

** DISPUTED ** tools/url_handler.pl in TIN 2.4.1 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 third party has reported that this is intentional behavior, because the documentation states "url_handler.pl was designed to work together with tin which only issues shell escaped absolute URLs."

Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "** DISPUTED ** tools/url_handler.pl in TIN 2.4.1 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 third party has reported that this is intentional behavior, because the documentation states \"url_handler.pl was designed to work together with tin which only issues shell escaped absolute URLs.\"",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520",
  "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-2017-17520"
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      "url": "https://sources.debian.org/src/tin/1:2.4.1-1/tools/url_handler.pl/?hl=120#L120"
    },
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      "url": "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17520"
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  "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  "withdrawn": "2025-06-23T15:53:03Z"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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