UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17531

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17531
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17531.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17531
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 - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

gozilla.c in GNU GLOBAL 4.8.6 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 / global

Package

Name
global
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/global@5.7.1-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

5.*

5.7.1-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "global",
            "binary_version": "5.7.1-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17531.json"