Description
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.)
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | plasma-discover | 5.20.5-3 | — |
| Debian 13 | plasma-discover | 5.20.5-3 | — |
| Debian 12 | plasma-discover | 5.20.5-3 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | plasma-discover | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | plasma-discover | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | plasma-discover | No fix yet | — |
Alpine
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.24 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.23 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.22 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.21 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.20 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
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| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine v3.19 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.18 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.17 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.16 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.15 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.14 | discover | 5.21.3-r0 | — |
| Alpine v3.13 | discover | 5.20.5-r1 | — |