Vulnerability CVE-2017-17515

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-17515 (CCN-136457)

Assigned:

2017-12-11

Published:

2017-12-11

Updated:

2018-01-03

Summary:

** DISPUTED ** etc/ObjectList in Metview 4.7.3 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.
Note: a third party has indicated that the code to access this environment variable is not enabled in the shipped product.

CVSS v3 Severity:

8.8 High (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
7.7 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
6.4 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

6.8 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-74

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-17515

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
metview-cve201717515-weak-security(136457)

Source: CCN
Type: Debian Web site
CVE-2017-17515

Source: MISC
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17515

Source: CCN
Type: Metview Web site
Metview

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-17515

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:ecmwf:metview:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:ecmwf:metview:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2017175150000000	V	CVE-2017-17515 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - untriaged.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201717515000	V	CVE-2017-17515 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - untriaged.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017175150000000	V	CVE-2017-17515 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - untriaged.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201717515000	V	CVE-2017-17515 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - untriaged.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017175150000000	V	CVE-2017-17515 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - untriaged.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201717515000	V	CVE-2017-17515 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - untriaged.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017175150000000	V	CVE-2017-17515 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - untriaged.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201717515000	V	CVE-2017-17515 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - untriaged.	2017-12-14

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