UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17520
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520
Withdrawn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

** DISPUTED ** tools/urlhandler.pl in TIN 2.4.1 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 reported that this is intentional behavior, because the documentation states "urlhandler.pl was designed to work together with tin which only issues shell escaped absolute URLs."

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / tin

Package

Name
tin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:2.*
1:2.3.1-1build1
1:2.3.2-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / tin

Package

Name
tin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:2.*
1:2.4.1-1
1:2.4.1-1build1
1:2.4.1-1build2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / tin

Package

Name
tin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:2.*
1:2.4.4~20190307-1build1
1:2.4.4-1
1:2.4.4-1build1
1:2.4.4-1build2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / tin

Package

Name
tin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:2.*
1:2.4.6~20210225-1
1:2.6.0-1
1:2.6.1~20211026-1
1:2.6.1-1
1:2.6.1-1build1
1:2.6.2~20220129-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / tin

Package

Name
tin
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

1:2.*
1:2.6.3~20230803-1
1:2.6.3~20231002-1
1:2.6.3~20231106-2
1:2.6.3~20231201-1
1:2.6.3~20231201-1build1
1:2.6.3-1
1:2.6.4~20240224-1
1:2.6.4~20240224-1build1
1:2.6.4~20240224-1build2

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"