CVE-2017-17514

Name	CVE-2017-17514
Description	boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
nip2 (PTS)	jessie	7.40.4-1	vulnerable
	stretch	8.4.0-1	vulnerable
	buster	8.7.0-1	vulnerable
	bullseye	8.7.1-2	vulnerable
	bookworm	8.7.1-4	vulnerable
	sid, trixie	8.9.1-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
nip2	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)	unimportant

https://sources.debian.org/src/nip2/8.4.0-1/src/boxes.c/?hl=727#L727