Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting sensible-utils package, versions <0.0.9+deb9u1


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.89% (83rd percentile)
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NVD
8.8 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN9-SENSIBLEUTILS-323135
  • published 11 Dec 2017
  • disclosed 11 Dec 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 sensible-utils to version 0.0.9+deb9u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sensible-utils package and not the sensible-utils package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

sensible-browser in sensible-utils before 0.0.11 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.