Bug 1526161 (CVE-2017-17514) - CVE-2017-17514 nip2: Command injection in boxes.c
Summary: CVE-2017-17514 nip2: Command injection in boxes.c
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2017-17514
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1526162
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-14 21:00 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2018-12-01 16:00:01 UTC
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Github jcupitt nip2 issues 70 0 None None None 2017-12-15 08:51:27 UTC

Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-14 21:00:18 UTC 
boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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.

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https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-14 21:00:39 UTC 
Created nip2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1526162]
Comment 2 Benjamin Gilbert 2017-12-24 20:47:58 UTC 
The url argument to box_url() never comes from an untrusted source, so I don't think this CVE is valid.  Upstream doesn't either.  Whoever created the CVE didn't post a report or notify upstream, so it's not clear what attack vector they had in mind.  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security_Bugs doesn't say what to do in this case; should I close the bugs NOTABUG?
Comment 3 Benjamin Gilbert 2018-12-01 16:00:01 UTC 
There's been no movement here.  Closing per comment 2.
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