Fluid Attacks Database

Description

libsylph/utils.c in Sylpheed through 3.6 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.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version
debian 13	sylpheed	=3.8.0~beta1-2 \|\| =3.8.0~beta1-2+deb13u1 \|\| =3.8.0~beta1-3
debian 12	sylpheed	=3.8.0~beta1-1 \|\| =3.8.0~beta1-2 \|\| =3.8.0~beta1-3
debian 11	sylpheed	=3.7.0-8 \|\| =3.8.0~beta1-1 \|\| =3.8.0~beta1-2 \|\| =3.8.0~beta1-3

Aliases

1. CVE-2017-175172. NVD-2017-175173. OSV-DEBIAN-2017-175174. OSV-2017-175175. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2017-17517

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