Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting sensible-utils package, versions <0.0.9ubuntu0.14.04.1
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-SENSIBLEUTILS-323137
- published11 Dec 2017
- disclosed11 Dec 2017
Introduced: 11 Dec 2017
CVE-2017-17512 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 sensible-utils to version 0.0.9ubuntu0.14.04.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sensible-utils package and not the sensible-utils package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-17512
- https://bugs.debian.org/881767
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4071
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00012.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17512
- http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3584-1/