PT-2017-14845 · Gjots2 · Gjots2

Published 2017-12-14 · Updated 2017-12-29 · CVE-2017-17535

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 gjots2 version 2.4.1

Description The issue concerns the lack of validation for strings before launching a program specified by the BROWSER environment variable. This could potentially allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL.

Recommendations For version 2.4.1, 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-2017-17535

Affected Products

Gjots2

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17535 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17535 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17535 · Vendor Advisory
• https://sources.debian.org/src/gjots2/2.4.1-2/lib/gui.py/?hl=2188#L2188 · Note