Vulnerability CVE-2017-17511
Published: 2017-12-14

Description:
KildClient 3.1.0 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, related to prefs.c and worldgui.c.

Type:

CWE-74

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Kildclient -> Kildclient 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00013.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17511
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