{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520","details":"** DISPUTED ** tools/url_handler.pl in TIN 2.4.1 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 reported that this is intentional behavior, because the documentation states \"url_handler.pl was designed to work together with tin which only issues shell escaped absolute URLs.\"","modified":"2017-12-14T16:29:00Z","published":"2017-12-14T16:29:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-06-23T15:53:03Z","references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17520"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://sources.debian.org/src/tin/1:2.4.1-1/tools/url_handler.pl/?hl=120#L120"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17520"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17520"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"tin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:2.3.1-1build1","1:2.3.2-1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:2.4.1-1","1:2.4.1-1build1","1:2.4.1-1build2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:2.4.4~20190307-1build1","1:2.4.4-1","1:2.4.4-1build1","1:2.4.4-1build2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:22.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:2.4.6~20210225-1","1:2.6.0-1","1:2.6.1~20211026-1","1:2.6.1-1","1:2.6.1-1build1","1:2.6.2~20220129-1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"}},{"package":{"name":"tin","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/tin"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1:2.6.3~20230803-1","1:2.6.3~20231002-1","1:2.6.3~20231106-2","1:2.6.3~20231201-1","1:2.6.3~20231201-1build1","1:2.6.3-1","1:2.6.4~20240224-1","1:2.6.4~20240224-1build1","1:2.6.4~20240224-1build2"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17520.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}