PT-2017-14825 · Vips+2 · Nip2+2

Published 2017-12-14 · Updated 2024-08-05 · CVE-2017-17514

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 nip2 version 8.4.0

Description The issue concerns the lack of validation for strings before launching a program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, potentially allowing remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL. However, a software maintainer indicates that this product does not use the BROWSER environment variable.

Recommendations For nip2 version 8.4.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2020-4218

ALT-PU-2024-7911

CVE-2017-17514

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Nip2

References · 11

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17514 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17514 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17514 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17514 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17514 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17514 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2/issues/70 · Note
• https://sources.debian.org/src/nip2/8.4.0-1/src/boxes.c/?hl=727#L727 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/81987 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/89283 · Telegram Post