Bug 1526158 (CVE-2017-17517) - CVE-2017-17517 sylpheed: Command injection in libsylph/utils.c
Summary: CVE-2017-17517 sylpheed: Command injection in libsylph/utils.c
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Status: CLOSED UPSTREAM
Alias: CVE-2017-17517
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1526159 1526160
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-12-14 20:57 UTC by Pedro Sampaio
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:34:28 UTC
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Description Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-14 20:57:12 UTC 
libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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-2017-17517
Comment 1 Pedro Sampaio 2017-12-14 20:57:28 UTC 
Created sylpheed tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: epel-7 [bug 1526159]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1526160]
Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-06-08 03:34:28 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.
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