Bernard Parisse Giac up to 1.2.3.56 URL Input.cc BROWSER injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Bernard Parisse Giac up to 1.2.3.56. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file Input.cc of the component URL Handler. Executing a manipulation of the argument BROWSER as part of Environment Variable can lead to injection. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-17526. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in Bernard Parisse Giac up to 1.2.3.56 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file Input.cc of the component URL Handler. The manipulation of the argument BROWSER as part of a Environment Variable leads to a injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-74. The product constructs all or part of a command, data structure, or record using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify how it is parsed or interpreted when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Input.cc in Bernard Parisse Giac 1.2.3.57 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.

The bug was discovered 12/14/2017. The weakness was released 12/14/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at security-tracker.debian.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-17526 since 12/11/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1055 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 1.2.3.57 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Bernard Parisse

Name

• Giac

Version

• 1.2.3.0
• 1.2.3.1
• 1.2.3.2
• 1.2.3.3
• 1.2.3.4
• 1.2.3.5
• 1.2.3.6
• 1.2.3.7
• 1.2.3.8
• 1.2.3.9
• 1.2.3.10
• 1.2.3.11
• 1.2.3.12
• 1.2.3.13
• 1.2.3.14
• 1.2.3.15
• 1.2.3.16
• 1.2.3.17
• 1.2.3.18
• 1.2.3.19
• 1.2.3.20
• 1.2.3.21
• 1.2.3.22
• 1.2.3.23
• 1.2.3.24
• 1.2.3.25
• 1.2.3.26
• 1.2.3.27
• 1.2.3.28
• 1.2.3.29
• 1.2.3.30
• 1.2.3.31
• 1.2.3.32
• 1.2.3.33
• 1.2.3.34
• 1.2.3.35
• 1.2.3.36
• 1.2.3.37
• 1.2.3.38
• 1.2.3.39
• 1.2.3.40
• 1.2.3.41
• 1.2.3.42
• 1.2.3.43
• 1.2.3.44
• 1.2.3.45
• 1.2.3.46
• 1.2.3.47
• 1.2.3.48
• 1.2.3.49
• 1.2.3.50
• 1.2.3.51
• 1.2.3.52
• 1.2.3.53
• 1.2.3.54
• 1.2.3.55
• 1.2.3.56

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