PT-2017-14839 · Abiword+1 · Abiword+1

Published 2017-12-14 · Updated 2017-12-29 · CVE-2017-17529

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 AbiWord version 3.0.2-2

Description The issue concerns the failure to validate 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.

Recommendations For AbiWord version 3.0.2-2, 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-2017-17529

Affected Products

Abiword

Debian

References · 8

• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17529 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17529 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17529 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sources.debian.org/src/abiword/3.0.2-5/src/af/util/xp/ut_go_file.cpp/#L1717 · Note