CVE-2017-17523

NameCVE-2017-17523
Descriptionlilypond-invoke-editor in LilyPond 2.19.80 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs884136

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
lilypond (PTS)buster, buster (security)2.19.81+really-2.18.2-13+deb10u1fixed
bullseye2.22.0-10fixed
bookworm2.24.1-2fixed
sid, trixie2.24.3-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
lilypondsource(unstable)2.18.2-12884136

Notes

[jessie] - lilypond <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - lilypond <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://sourceforge.net/p/testlilyissues/issues/5243/

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