CVE-2017-17511

NameCVE-2017-17511
DescriptionKildClient 3.1.0 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, related to prefs.c and worldgui.c.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-1210-1
NVD severitymedium
Debian Bugs885007

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
kildclient (PTS)stretch3.1.0-1+deb9u1fixed
bookworm, sid, buster, bullseye3.2.0-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
kildclientsourcewheezy2.11.1-1+deb7u1DLA-1210-1
kildclientsourcestretch3.1.0-1+deb9u1
kildclientsource(unstable)3.2.0-1885007

Notes

[jessie] - kildclient <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sources.debian.org/src/kildclient/3.1.0-1/src/worldgui.c/?hl=1159#L1159
https://sources.debian.org/src/kildclient/3.1.0-1/src/prefs.c/?hl=324#L324
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