Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201806-13
=========================================
Severity: Medium
Date    : 2018-06-26
CVE-ID  : CVE-2018-1000559
Package : qutebrowser
Type    : cross-site scripting
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-724

Summary
======
The package qutebrowser before version 1.3.3-1 is vulnerable to cross-site scripting.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 1.3.3-1.

# pacman -Syu "qutebrowser>=1.3.3-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.3.3.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
qutebrowser before 1.3.3 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
vulnerability that can result in a website stealing the user's browsing
history. This attack can be exploitable by tricking the victim into
opening a page with a specially crafted  attribute, and then
opening the qute://history site via the :history command.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to steal the browser history with a specially
crafted web page title.

References
=========
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4011
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-1000559

ArchLinux: 201806-13: qutebrowser: cross-site scripting

June 26, 2018

Summary

qutebrowser before 1.3.3 contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability that can result in a website stealing the user's browsing history. This attack can be exploitable by tricking the victim into opening a page with a specially crafted attribute, and then opening the qute://history site via the :history command.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.3.3-1. # pacman -Syu "qutebrowser>=1.3.3-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.3.3.

References

https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4c9360237f186681b1e3f2a0f30c45161cf405c7 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4011 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-1000559

Severity
Package : qutebrowser
Type : cross-site scripting
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-724

Workaround

None.

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