Bug 47289 - xdg-utils: Multiple issues (4.3)
xdg-utils: Multiple issues (4.3)
Status: CLOSED FIXED
Product: UCS
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Security updates
UCS 4.3
All Linux
: P3 normal (vote)
: UCS 4.3-1-errata
Assigned To: Quality Assurance
Philipp Hahn
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Reported: 2018-07-03 14:13 CEST by Philipp Hahn
Modified: 2018-07-04 14:54 CEST (History)
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Max CVSS v3 score: 4.4 (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N)


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Description Philipp Hahn univentionstaff 2018-07-03 14:13:24 CEST
New Debian xdg-utils 1.1.1-1+deb9u1 fixes:
This update addresses the following issue(s):
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This update addresses the following issue(s):
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* The open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 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, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable. (CVE-2017-18266)

1.1.1-1+deb9u1 (Sun, 20 May 2018 12:44:40 +0300)
  * Fix CVE-2017-18266,.
    - Avoid argument injection vulnerability in open_envvar()
* CVE-2017-18266 xdg-utils: Argument injection vulnerability in open_envvar() function (CVE-2017-18266)
Comment 1 Philipp Hahn univentionstaff 2018-07-03 16:40:57 CEST
[4.3-1] 552155d39a Bug #47289: xdg-utils 1.1.1-1+deb9u1
 doc/errata/staging/xdg-utils.yaml | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

<http://10.200.17.11/4.3-1/#5331814057179364229>
Comment 3 Arvid Requate univentionstaff 2018-07-04 14:54:02 CEST
<http://errata.software-univention.de/ucs/4.3/139.html>