DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17515

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Source

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17515

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17515.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17515

Upstream

CVE-2017-17515

Published

2017-12-14T16:29:00Z

Modified

2026-09-15T16:00:03Z

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

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

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17515

Affected packages

Debian:12 / metview

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.17.4-1

5.18.0-1

5.19.0-1

5.19.1-1

5.19.1-2

5.19.1-3

5.19.2-1

5.20.0-1

5.20.0-2

5.21.1-1

5.21.2-1

5.22.0-1

5.22.0-2

5.23.0-1

5.23.1-1

5.25.0-1

5.25.0-2

5.25.1-1

5.25.1-2

5.26.1-1

5.26.2-1

5.26.2-2

5.26.3-1

5.26.3-2

5.26.3-3

5.26.3-4

5.26.3-5

5.26.3-6

5.26.3-7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17515.json"

Debian:13 / metview