CVE-2017-17511

Name	CVE-2017-17511
Description	KildClient 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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-1210-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	885007

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
kildclient (PTS)	jessie	3.0.0-2	vulnerable
	stretch	3.1.0-1+deb9u1	fixed
	buster, sid	3.2.0-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
kildclient	source	(unstable)	3.2.0-1	medium		885007
kildclient	source	stretch	3.1.0-1+deb9u1	medium
kildclient	source	wheezy	2.11.1-1+deb7u1	medium	DLA-1210-1

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