DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17511

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17511
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17511.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17511
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2017-12-14T16:29:00Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:03:46Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

KildClient 3.1.0 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, related to prefs.c and worldgui.c.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / kildclient

Package

Name
kildclient
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kildclient?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17511.json"

Debian:13 / kildclient

Package

Name
kildclient
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kildclient?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17511.json"

Debian:14 / kildclient

Package

Name
kildclient
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/kildclient?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17511.json"