Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201807-3
========================================
Severity: Critical
Date    : 2018-07-11
CVE-ID  : CVE-2018-10895
Package : qutebrowser
Type    : arbitrary code execution
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-735

Summary
======
The package qutebrowser before version 1.4.1-1 is vulnerable to
arbitrary code execution.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 1.4.1-1.

# pacman -Syu "qutebrowser>=1.4.1-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.4.1.

Workaround
=========
It's possible to patch out the vulnerable code via a config.py file

    from qutebrowser.browser import qutescheme
    qutescheme._qute_settings_set = lambda url: ('text/html', '')

Description
==========
Due to a CSRF vulnerability affecting the qute://settings page, it was
possible for websites to modify qutebrowser settings. Via settings like
editor.command, this possibly allowed websites to execute arbitrary
code.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to execute code with a specially crafted web
page.

References
=========
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4060
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-10895

ArchLinux: 201807-3: qutebrowser: arbitrary code execution

July 11, 2018

Summary

Due to a CSRF vulnerability affecting the qute://settings page, it was possible for websites to modify qutebrowser settings. Via settings like editor.command, this possibly allowed websites to execute arbitrary code.

Resolution

Upgrade to 1.4.1-1. # pacman -Syu "qutebrowser>=1.4.1-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.4.1.

References

https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/43e58ac865ff862c2008c510fc5f7627e10b4660 https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/4060 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-10895

Severity
Package : qutebrowser
Type : arbitrary code execution
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-735

Workaround

It's possible to patch out the vulnerable code via a config.py file from qutebrowser.browser import qutescheme qutescheme._qute_settings_set = lambda url: ('text/html', '')

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