Bug 1528421 (CVE-2017-17529)

Summary:	CVE-2017-17529 abiword: Command injection in af/util/xp/ut_go_file.cpp
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Pedro Sampaio <psampaio>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-21 19:50:08 UTC

af/util/xp/ut_go_file.cpp in AbiWord 3.0.2-2 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.

References:

https://sources.debian.org/src/abiword/3.0.2-5/src/af/util/xp/ut_go_file.cpp/#L1717

Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-21 19:50:39 UTC

Created abiword tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1528422]

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:34:49 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.