Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting global package, versions <6.6.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-GLOBAL-1547178
  • published14 Dec 2017
  • disclosed14 Dec 2017

Introduced: 14 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17531  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 global to version 6.6.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream global package and not the global package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.