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.
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References
| Link | Providers |
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| https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17520 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-12-14T16:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:32.021Z
Reserved: 2017-12-11T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-17520
Updated: 2024-08-05T20:51:32.021Z
Status : Deferred
Published: 2017-12-14T16:29:00.620
Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860
Link: CVE-2017-17520
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