UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17525

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17525

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17525.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17525

Upstream

CVE-2017-17525

Published

2017-12-14T16:29:00Z

Modified

2026-04-22T11:20:06.795738Z

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

guiclient/guiclient.cpp in xTuple PostBooks 4.7.0 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / postbooks

Package

Name: postbooks
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/postbooks@4.9.2-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

4.*

4.9.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxtuplecommon1",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "postbooks",
            "binary_version": "4.9.2-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17525.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / postbooks