PT-2017-14841 · Gnu · Gnu Global

Published 2017-12-14 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2017-17531

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 GNU GLOBAL version 4.8.6

Description The issue arises from the failure to validate strings before launching a program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, potentially allowing remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL. This could be exploited by manipulating the URL to inject arguments into the program launched by the BROWSER variable.

Recommendations For GNU GLOBAL version 4.8.6, 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 to trusted programs and URLs until a patch is available.

Fix

Special Elements Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-74

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-17531

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10793-1

Affected Products

Gnu Global

References · 11

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17531 · Security Note
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-02 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17531 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-17531 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10793-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-17531 · Note
• https://sources.debian.org/src/global/4.8.6-2/gozilla/gozilla.c/#L269 · Note