{"id":"MGASA-2018-0289","summary":"Updated xdg-utils package fixes security vulnerability","details":"Updated xdg-utils package fixes security vulnerability:\n\nThe open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 does not validate\nstrings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment\nvariable, which might allow remote attackers to conduct argument-injection\nattacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable\n(CVE-2017-18266).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:24:13.936394329Z","published":"2018-06-19T23:42:28Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-18266"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0289.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23132"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/ZECHRCR6RWTX46ANDPIAXPMHZ2EOHNJB/"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"xdg-utils","ecosystem":"Mageia:6","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/xdg-utils?arch=source&distro=mageia-6"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.1.3-1.mga6"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0289.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}