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DEBIAN-CVE-2021-28117

libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neit...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.)

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 plasma-discover

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.20.5-3"}]}]

Debian:13 plasma-discover

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.20.5-3"}]}]

Debian:14 plasma-discover

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.20.5-3"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org