PT-2017-14844 · Mensis · Mensis

Published 2017-12-14 · Updated 2017-12-29 · CVE-2017-17534

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 Mensis version 0.0.080507

Description The issue is related to the uiutil.c file in Mensis, which does not 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 Mensis version 0.0.080507, 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-2017-17534

Affected Products

Mensis

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17534 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17534 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17534 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17534 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17534 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17534 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sources.debian.org/src/mensis/0.0.080507-4/uiutil.c/?hl=293#L428 · Note