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HistoryDec 14, 2017 - 12:00 a.m.

CVE-2017-17514

2017-12-1400:00:00

ubuntu.com

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

52.7%

JSON

DISPUTED boxes.c in nip2 8.4.0 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. NOTE: a software maintainer indicates that this product does
not use the BROWSER environment variable.

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
ubuntu18.04noarchnip2< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu20.04noarchnip2< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu22.04noarchnip2< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu24.04noarchnip2< anyUNKNOWN
ubuntu16.04noarchnip2< anyUNKNOWN

OS	Version	Architecture	Package	Version	Filename
ubuntu	18.04	noarch	nip2	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	20.04	noarch	nip2	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	22.04	noarch	nip2	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	24.04	noarch	nip2	< any	UNKNOWN
ubuntu	16.04	noarch	nip2	< any	UNKNOWN

References

launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-17514

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17514

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17514

sources.debian.org/src/nip2/8.4.0-1/src/boxes.c/?hl=727#L727

www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17514

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.002

Percentile

52.7%

JSON

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