CVE-2017-17517

NameCVE-2017-17517
Descriptionlibsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
sylpheed (PTS)bullseye3.7.0-8vulnerable
bookworm3.8.0~beta1-1vulnerable
sid, trixie3.8.0~beta1-2vulnerable

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
sylpheedsource(unstable)(unfixed)unimportant

Notes

https://sources.debian.org/src/sylpheed/3.5.1-1/libsylph/utils.c/?hl=4292#L4292

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