SB2017121456 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in nucleic kiwi

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SB2017121456 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component in nucleic kiwi

Published: December 14, 2017 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2017121456
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-17532)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

examples/framework/news/news3.py in Kiwi 1.9.22 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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References