Bug 1382288 (CVE-2016-7967) - CVE-2016-7967 kdepim: JavaScript access to local and remote URLs in Kmail
Summary: CVE-2016-7967 kdepim: JavaScript access to local and remote URLs in Kmail
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: CVE-2016-7967
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1382296 1382297 1382298 1382299 1383610
Blocks: 1382295
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-10-06 09:21 UTC by Adam Mariš
Modified: 2021-02-17 03:13 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2017-03-24 08:26:19 UTC
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Description Adam Mariš 2016-10-06 09:21:43 UTC 
KMail since version 5.3.0 used a QWebEngine based viewer that had JavaScript enabled. Since the generated html is executed in the local file security context by default access to remote and local URLs was enabled.

CVE assignment:

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/23

External References:

https://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20161006-2.txt
Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-10-06 09:32:58 UTC 
Created kdepim3 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1382297]
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1382299]
Comment 2 Adam Mariš 2016-10-06 09:33:07 UTC 
Created kdepim tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1382296]
Comment 3 Adam Mariš 2016-10-06 09:33:14 UTC 
Created kdepim4 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1382298]
Comment 4 Than Ngo 2016-10-10 13:46:42 UTC 
Adam, this issue is effected in kf5-messagelib. Could you please change it to correct component?

thanks
Comment 5 Adam Mariš 2016-10-11 08:48:46 UTC 
Created kf5-messagelib tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1383610]
Comment 6 Adam Mariš 2016-10-11 08:51:33 UTC 
(In reply to Ngo Than from comment #4)
> Adam, this issue is effected in kf5-messagelib. Could you please change it
> to correct component?

Done! Does the same apply for CVE-2016-7968?

Thanks!
Comment 7 Than Ngo 2016-10-11 12:43:18 UTC 
(In reply to Adam Mariš from comment #6)
> (In reply to Ngo Than from comment #4)
> > Adam, this issue is effected in kf5-messagelib. Could you please change it
> > to correct component?
> 
> Done! Does the same apply for CVE-2016-7968?
> 
> Thanks!

yes, it's same for CVE-2016-7968
Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2016-10-30 17:54:18 UTC 
kdepim-16.08.2-1.fc24, kdepim-addons-16.08.2-1.fc24, kdepim-apps-libs-16.08.2-1.fc24, kdepim-runtime-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-akonadi-calendar-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-akonadi-contacts-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-akonadi-mime-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-akonadi-notes-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-akonadi-search-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-akonadi-server-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-calendarsupport-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-eventviews-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-gpgmepp-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-grantleetheme-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-incidenceeditor-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kalarmcal-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kblog-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kcalendarcore-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kcalendarutils-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kcontacts-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kdgantt2-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kholidays-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kidentitymanagement-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kimap-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kldap-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kmailtransport-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kmbox-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kmime-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kontactinterface-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-kpimtextedit-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-ktnef-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-libgravatar-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-libkdepim-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-libkleo-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-libksieve-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-mailcommon-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-mailimporter-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-messagelib-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-pimcommon-16.08.2-1.fc24, kf5-syndication-16.08.2-1.fc24, kleopatra-16.08.2-1.fc24 has been pushed to the Fedora 24 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 9 Cedric Buissart 2017-03-24 08:26:30 UTC 
Statement:

This issue did not affect the versions of kdepim as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
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