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Debian 8 KMail DSA-3697-1 Moderate: HTML Injection Risk

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Calendar Grey October 21, 2016
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Explore the resolution implemented by Debian for an HTML vulnerability in KMail's display functionality through the security patch DSA-3697-1 concerning kdepimlibs.
Roland Tapken discovered that insufficient input sanitising in KMail's plain text viewer allowed the injection of HTML code
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Summary

Roland Tapken discovered that insufficient input sanitising in KMail's
plain text viewer allowed the injection of HTML code.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 4:4.14.2-2+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your kdepimlibs packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



Package: kdepimlibs
CVE ID: CVE-2016-7966

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