GCVE-VVD-MAGEIA-2018-289
Advisory Published
Vulnetix · Advisory published June 19, 2018
Updated xdg-utils package fixes security vulnerability: The open_envvar function in xdg-open in xdg-utils before 1.1.3 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, as demonstrated by %s in this environment variable (CVE-2017-18266).

Affected Products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Mageiaxdg-utils0 (affected), 1.1.3-1.mga6 (unaffected)

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