UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17518
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17518
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17518.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17518
- Withdrawn
- 2025-06-23T15:53:03Z
- Published
- 2017-12-14T16:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2017-12-14T16:29:00Z
- 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
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** DISPUTED ** swt/motif/browser.c in Whitedune (aka whitedune) 0.30.10 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: This issue is being disputed as not being a vulnerability because “the current version of whitedune (1.369 at https://wdune.ourproject.org/) do not use a "BROWSER environment variable". Instead, the "browser" variable is read from the $HOME/.dunerc file (or from the M$Windows registry). It is configurable in the "options" menu. The default is chosen in the ./configure script, which tests various programs, first tested is "xdg-open".”
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / whitedune
Package
- Name
- whitedune
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/whitedune
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / whitedune
Package
- Name
- whitedune
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/whitedune
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / whitedune
Package
- Name
- whitedune
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/whitedune
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / whitedune
Package
- Name
- whitedune
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/whitedune