UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17532

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-17532

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17532.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-17532

Upstream

CVE-2017-17532

Published

2017-12-14T16:29:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:46:37Z

Severity

8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - negligible

Summary

[none]

Details

examples/framework/news/news3.py in Kiwi 1.9.22 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / kiwi

Package

Name: kiwi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kiwi@1.9.22-4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.22-3

1.9.22-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-kiwi",
            "binary_version": "1.9.22-4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / kiwi

Package

Name: kiwi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kiwi@1.9.22-4?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.22-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-kiwi",
            "binary_version": "1.9.22-4"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / kiwi

Package

Name: kiwi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kiwi@9.25.22-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.25.11-1ubuntu1

9.25.22-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-lib",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-live",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-oem-dump",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-oem-repart",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-overlay",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-verity",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-containers",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-core",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-disk-images",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-filesystems",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-iso-media",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-tools",
            "binary_version": "9.25.22-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.10 / kiwi

Package

Name: kiwi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kiwi@10.2.28-1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

10.*

10.1.18-1ubuntu1

10.2.16-1

10.2.22-1

10.2.24-1

10.2.26-1

10.2.27-1

10.2.28-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-lib",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-live",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-oem-dump",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-oem-repart",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-overlay",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-verity",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-containers",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-core",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-disk-images",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-filesystems",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-iso-media",
            "binary_version": "10.2.28-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04 / kiwi

Package

Name: kiwi
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/kiwi@10.1.18-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

9.*

9.25.22-1ubuntu1

10.*

10.1.18-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-lib",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-live",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-oem-dump",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-oem-repart",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-overlay",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-dracut-verity",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-containers",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-core",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-disk-images",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-filesystems",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kiwi-systemdeps-iso-media",
            "binary_version": "10.1.18-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}