CVE-2017-17515

Name	CVE-2017-17515
Description	etc/ObjectList in Metview 4.7.3 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. NOTE: a third party has indicated that the code to access this environment variable is not enabled in the shipped product
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
metview (PTS)	jessie	4.4.8+dfsg.1-8	vulnerable
	stretch	4.8.0-4	vulnerable
	buster	5.3.0-2	vulnerable
	bullseye	5.10.2-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	5.17.4-1	vulnerable
	trixie	5.21.1-1	vulnerable
	sid	5.21.2-1	vulnerable

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

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

https://sources.debian.org/src/metview/4.7.2-3/share/metview/etc/ObjectList/?hl=2857#L2857