| Name | CVE-2020-15692 |
| Description | In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands. |
| Source | CVE (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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nim (PTS) | buster | 0.19.4-1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.4.6+really1.4.2-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.6.10-2 | fixed |
| trixie | 1.6.14-1 | fixed |
| sid | 1.6.14-3 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nim | source | (unstable) | 1.2.6-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - nim <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - nim <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
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