Vulnerability CVE-2017-17530

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2017-17530 (CCN-136391)

Assigned:

2017-12-14

Published:

2017-12-14

Updated:

2023-02-03

Summary:

Geomview package for Debian could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable in common/help.c. By using a specially-crafted URL, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct argument injection attacks.

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

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N)
6.6 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/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): None Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): None

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

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

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

Vulnerability Consequences:

Bypass Security

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2017-17530

Source: cve@mitre.org
Type: Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
debian-cve201717530-sec-bypass(136391)

Source: CCN
Type: Debian Web site
CVE-2017-17530

Source: cve@mitre.org
Type: Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.org

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2017-17530

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:2017175300000000	V	CVE-2017-17530 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:201717530000	V	CVE-2017-17530 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - untriaged.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201717530000	V	CVE-2017-17530 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.disco:def:2017175300000000	V	CVE-2017-17530 on Ubuntu 19.04 (disco) - medium.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201717530000	V	CVE-2017-17530 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:2017175300000000	V	CVE-2017-17530 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201717530000	V	CVE-2017-17530 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - medium.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:2017175300000000	V	CVE-2017-17530 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - medium.	2017-12-14
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:201717530000	V	CVE-2017-17530 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2017-12-14

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