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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-28117: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2021-28117: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/20/2021
Created
08/23/2024
Added
08/22/2024
Modified
08/23/2024

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.)

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-discover

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