CVE-2016-7967

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2016-10-04
Bugzilla:
1382288: CVE-2016-7967 kdepim: JavaScript access to local and remote URLs in Kmail

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2016-7967 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

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

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 6.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kdepim Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdepim3 Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kdepim Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kdepim Not affected

External References

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