github - ghsa-3qjm-23v2-9v26

ghsa-3qjm-23v2-9v26

Vulnerability from github

Published

2022-05-14 04:03

Modified

2022-05-14 04:03

Severity ?

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

Details

** DISPUTED ** Lib/webbrowser.py in Python through 3.6.3 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 software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on subprocess.Popen and the default shell=False setting.

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CVE-2017-17522 (GCVE-0-2017-17522)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2017-12-14 16:00

Modified

2024-08-05 20:51

Severity ?

CWE

n/a

Summary

Lib/webbrowser.py in Python through 3.6.3 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 software maintainer indicates that exploitation is impossible because the code relies on subprocess.Popen and the default shell=False setting

References

URL

Tags

	https://bugs.python.org/issue32367	x_refsource_MISC
	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-17522	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102207	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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