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openSUSE Security Update : xdg-utils (openSUSE-2019-420)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123182

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for xdg-utils fixes this security issues :

 - CVE-2017-18266: The open_envvar function in xdg-open did not validate strings launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which might allowed remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL (bsc#1093086).

Solution

Update the affected xdg-utils package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1093086

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123182

File Name: openSUSE-2019-420.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/27/2019

Updated: 6/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-18266

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:xdg-utils, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:15.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18266