Bug 1524934 (CVE-2017-17512)

Summary:	CVE-2017-17512 sensible-utils: Argument injection in sensible-browser
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Andrej Nemec <anemec>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	gmarr, manisandro, sergio
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Fixed In Version:	sensible-utils 0.0.11	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On:	1524935, 1524936
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-12-12 10:25:22 UTC

sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 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.

Debian bug:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881767

References:

http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/main/s/sensible-utils/sensible-utils_0.0.11_changelog

Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-12-12 10:26:00 UTC

Created sensible-utils tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1524936]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1524935]

Comment 2 Geoffrey Marr 2017-12-14 18:50:37 UTC

Seems to be fixed with newest 0.0.11 update.

Comment 3 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:34:04 UTC

This CVE Bugzilla entry is for community support informational purposes only as it does not affect a package in a commercially supported Red Hat product. Refer to the dependent bugs for status of those individual community products.