UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17519
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519
Upstream
Published
2017-12-14T16:29:00Z
Modified
2026-05-20T16:03:21.149970103Z
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 - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

batteriesConfig.mlp in OCaml Batteries Included (aka ocaml-batteries) 2.6 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
ocaml-batteries

Package

Name
ocaml-batteries
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml-batteries?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.2-1
2.3-1
2.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-batteries-included",
            "binary_version": "2.4-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519.json"
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
ocaml-batteries

Package

Name
ocaml-batteries
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml-batteries?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.5.3-1
2.6.0-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-batteries-included",
            "binary_version": "2.6.0-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519.json"
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
ocaml-batteries

Package

Name
ocaml-batteries
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml-batteries?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

2.*
2.6.0-1build1
2.10.0-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-batteries-included",
            "binary_version": "2.10.0-1build2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519.json"
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
ocaml-batteries

Package

Name
ocaml-batteries
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml-batteries?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.1.0-2
3.3.0-1
3.4.0-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-batteries-included",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
ocaml-batteries

Package

Name
ocaml-batteries
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml-batteries?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.6.0-1build2
3.7.1-3
3.7.2-1build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-batteries-included",
            "binary_version": "3.7.2-1build1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519.json"
Ubuntu:25.10
ocaml-batteries

Package

Name
ocaml-batteries
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml-batteries?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.9.0-1build1
3.9.0-1build2
3.9.0-1build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-batteries-included",
            "binary_version": "3.9.0-1build3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519.json"
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
ocaml-batteries

Package

Name
ocaml-batteries
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/ocaml-batteries?arch=source&distro=resolute

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

3.*
3.9.0-1build3
3.9.0-2
3.10.0-1
3.10.0-1build1
3.10.0-1build3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ocaml-batteries-included",
            "binary_version": "3.10.0-1build3"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17519.json"