DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17514

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17514.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17514
Upstream
Published
2017-12-14T16:29:00.370Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:17:04.090073Z
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

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

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / nip2

Package

Name
nip2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nip2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*
8.7.1-2
8.7.1-3
8.7.1-4
8.9.1-1
8.9.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17514.json"

Debian:12 / nip2

Package

Name
nip2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nip2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*
8.7.1-4
8.9.1-1
8.9.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17514.json"

Debian:13 / nip2

Package

Name
nip2
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/nip2?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

8.*
8.9.1-1
8.9.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17514.json"