Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting kdepimlibs package, versions <4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.3
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- published23 Dec 2016
- disclosed23 Dec 2016
Introduced: 23 Dec 2016
CVE-2016-7966 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 kdepimlibs to version 4:4.8.5-0ubuntu0.3 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kdepimlibs package and not the kdepimlibs package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
Through a malicious URL that contained a quote character it was possible to inject HTML code in KMail's plaintext viewer. Due to the parser used on the URL it was not possible to include the equal sign (=) or a space into the injected HTML, which greatly reduces the available HTML functionality. Although it is possible to include an HTML comment indicator to hide content.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7966
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3697
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7966
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNMM5TVPTJQFPJ3YDF4DPXDFW3GQLWLY/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00065.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93360
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QNMM5TVPTJQFPJ3YDF4DPXDFW3GQLWLY/