| Name | CVE-2017-17527 |
| Description | delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas in PasDoc 0.14 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 has indicated that the code referencing the BROWSER environment variable is never used |
| 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 |
|---|
| pasdoc (PTS) | jessie | 0.13.0-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 0.14.0-1 | vulnerable |
| buster | 0.15.0-1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.15.0-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 0.16.0-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pasdoc | source | (unstable) | 0.15.0-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sources.debian.org/src/pasdoc/0.14.0-1/source/delphi_gui/WWWBrowserRunnerDM.pas/?hl=63#L63
Marked as unimportant since issue in unused code. MITRE marks CVE as
disputed.