PT-2017-14822 · Kildclient · Kildclient

Published 2017-12-14 · Updated 2019-04-26 · CVE-2017-17511

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions KildClient version 3.1.0

Description The issue is related to the lack of validation of strings before launching a program specified by the BROWSER environment variable. This could allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL. The problem is associated with the files prefs.c and worldgui.c.

Recommendations For KildClient version 3.1.0, consider validating strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable to prevent argument-injection attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the BROWSER environment variable until a patch is available.

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17511

DLA-1210-1

Affected Products

Kildclient

References · 10

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17511 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17511 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17511 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00013.html · Note
• https://sources.debian.org/src/kildclient/3.1.0-1/src/worldgui.c/?hl=1159#L1159 · Note
• https://sources.debian.org/src/kildclient/3.1.0-1/src/prefs.c/?hl=324#L324 · Note