debian · CVE-2017-17515

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Priority: unimportant Published: Updated: Wed, 24 Jun 2026 13:16:07 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2017-17515 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (metview), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): open 5.

Description:

etc/ObjectList in Metview 4.7.3 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 third party has indicated that the code to access this environment variable is not enabled in the shipped product

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