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HistoryMay 28, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian LTS: Security Advisory for xdg-utils (DLA-1384-1)

2018-05-2800:00:00
Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net
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15

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

79.2%

It was found that the open_envvar function in xdg-utils 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.

# Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Text descriptions are largely excerpted from the referenced
# advisory, and are Copyright (C) of the respective author(s)
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
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#
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# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.891384");
  script_version("2020-01-29T08:22:52+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-18266");
  script_name("Debian LTS: Security Advisory for xdg-utils (DLA-1384-1)");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2020-01-29 08:22:52 +0000 (Wed, 29 Jan 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-05-28 00:00:00 +0200 (Mon, 28 May 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"6.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/05/msg00014.html");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone Networks GmbH http://greenbone.net");
  script_family("Debian Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/debian_linux", "ssh/login/packages", re:"ssh/login/release=DEB7");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"xdg-utils on Debian Linux");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version
1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-6+deb7u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your xdg-utils packages.");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"It was found that the open_envvar function in xdg-utils 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.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-deb.inc");

res = "";
report = "";
if(!isnull(res = isdpkgvuln(pkg:"xdg-utils", ver:"1.1.0~rc1+git20111210-6+deb7u4", rls:"DEB7"))) {
  report += res;
}

if(report != "") {
  security_message(data:report);
} else if(__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

0.008 Low

EPSS

Percentile

79.2%

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