UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17511

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17511
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17511.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17511
Upstream
Published
2017-12-14T16:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:37Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / kildclient

Package

Name
kildclient
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kildclient@2.11.1-1+deb7u2build0.14.04.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.11.1-1+deb7u2build0.14.04.1

Affected versions

2.*

2.11.1-1build1
2.11.1-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.11.1-1+deb7u2build0.14.04.1",
            "binary_name": "kildclient"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / kildclient

Package

Name
kildclient
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kildclient@3.0.0-2build2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.0-2
3.0.0-2build1
3.0.0-2build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.0.0-2build2",
            "binary_name": "kildclient"
        }
    ]
}