CVE-2017-17531

NameCVE-2017-17531
Descriptiongozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs884912

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
global (PTS)jessie5.7.1-2vulnerable
stretch6.5.6-2+deb9u1fixed
buster6.6.3-2fixed
bullseye6.6.5-1fixed
bookworm6.6.9-1fixed
sid, trixie6.6.11-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
globalsourcestretch6.5.6-2+deb9u1
globalsource(unstable)6.6.1-1unimportant884912

Notes

https://sources.debian.org/src/global/4.8.6-2/gozilla/gozilla.c/#L269

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