Candidate: CVE-2017-17531
PublicDate: 2017-12-14 16:29:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17531
 https://sources.debian.org/src/global/4.8.6-2/gozilla/gozilla.c/#L269
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17531
Description:
 gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
Bugs:
Priority: medium
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [8.8 HIGH]


Patches_global:
upstream_global: released (6.6.1-1)
precise/esm_global: DNE
trusty_global: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_global: DNE (trusty was needed)
xenial_global: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
zesty_global: ignored (reached end-of-life)
artful_global: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)
cosmic_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)
disco_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)
eoan_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)
focal_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)
groovy_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)
hirsute_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)
impish_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)
jammy_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)
devel_global: not-affected (6.6.2-1)