MGASA-2018-0289

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Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0289.html

Import Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0289.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2018-0289

Related

CVE-2017-18266

Published

2018-06-19T23:42:28Z

Modified

2018-06-19T23:06:04Z

Summary

Updated xdg-utils package fixes security vulnerability

Details

Updated xdg-utils package fixes security vulnerability:

The open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 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, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable (CVE-2017-18266).

References

Credits

- Mageia - COORDINATOR
- - https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team

Affected packages

Mageia:6 / xdg-utils

Package

Name: xdg-utils
Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/xdg-utils?distro=mageia-6

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.1.3-1.mga6

Ecosystem specific

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    "section": "core"
}