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Debian: CVE-2017-17523: lilypond -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Dec 11, 2017
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

lilypond-invoke-editor in LilyPond 2.19.80 does not validate strings before launching the program specified by the BROWSER environment variable, which allows remote attackers to conduct argument-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as demonstrated by a --proxy-pac-file argument.

Solution

debian-upgrade-lilypond
Title
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