PT-2017-14833 · Lilypond · Lilypond

Gabriel Corona · Published 2017-12-11 · Updated 2018-10-26 · CVE-2017-17523

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 LilyPond versions prior to 2.19.80

Description The issue concerns the failure to validate strings before launching a program specified by the BROWSER environment variable. This allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, such as using the --proxy-pac-file argument.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.19.80, update to version 2.19.80 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the BROWSER environment variable to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17523

MGASA-2018-0412

Affected Products

Lilypond

References · 14

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17523 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17523 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0412.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17523 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17523 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17523 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17523 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17523 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2018-0412 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5243 · Patch
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2018-05/msg00082.html · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23146 · Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/884136 · Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/881767 · Note