Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting swi-prolog package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.24% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1804-SWIPROLOG-343130
  • published14 Dec 2017
  • disclosed14 Dec 2017

Introduced: 14 Dec 2017

CVE-2017-17524  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:18.04 swi-prolog.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream swi-prolog package and not the swi-prolog package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:18.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

library/www_browser.pl in SWI-Prolog 7.2.3 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.