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openSUSE: 2018:1596-1 Critical: xdg-utils Command Injection

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Calendar Grey June 8, 2018
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Important security patch for xdg-utils on openSUSE Leap 15.0 to resolve CVE-2017-18266.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

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).

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Topics Covered

security advisory patch important openSUSE argument injection xdg-utils

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 15.0:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-573=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.0 (noarch):

xdg-utils-20170508-lp150.3.3.2

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-18266.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1093086

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2018:1596-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.0

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Topics Covered

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