650894 – sci-mathematics/geomview: Argument-injection through BROWSER env var

Bug 650894 - sci-mathematics/geomview: Argument-injection through BROWSER env var

Summary: sci-mathematics/geomview: Argument-injection through BROWSER env var

Status:	IN_PROGRESS

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal trivial (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

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Whiteboard:	~2 [upstream cve]
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Reported:	2018-03-19 14:55 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2018-03-19 14:55 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2018-03-19 14:55:02 UTC

CVE-2017-17530 (https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17530):
  common/help.c in Geomview 1.9.5 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.


@Maintainers please confirm if we are affected.

Thank you