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CVE-2021-28117

libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neither https:// nor http://) based on the content of the store.kde.org web site. (5.18.7 is also a fixed version.)

Published

2021-03-20T21:15:11.827

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:59:06.940

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	kde	discover	< 5.21.3	Yes

References

https://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356 Patch ([email protected])
https://github.com/KDE/discover/releases Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://userbase.kde.org/Discover Product, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/KDE/discover/commit/fcd3b30552bf03a384b1a16f9bb8db029c111356 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/KDE/discover/releases Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://invent.kde.org/plasma/discover/commit/94478827aab63d2e2321f0ca9ec5553718798e60 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://kde.org/info/security/advisory-20210310-1.txt Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://userbase.kde.org/Discover Product, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)