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Fedora 24 Security Update: HTML Injection Threat in KPimTextEdit

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2016
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 24 enhances the KPimTextEdit Library to address vulnerabilities related to HTML injection and JavaScript issues. For further information, refer to the security advisory.
KDE PIM Applications 16.08.2, https://kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-16.08.2/

Summary

The KPimTextEdit Library.

Update Information:

KDE PIM Applications 16.08.2, https://kde.org/announcements/announce-applications-16.08.2/

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora HTML injection KDE PIM

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1382288 - CVE-2016-7967 kdepim: JavaScript access to local and remote URLs in Kmail https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382288 [ 2 ] Bug #1382286 - CVE-2016-7966 kdepim: HTML injection in plain text viewer of KMail https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382286 [ 3 ] Bug #1382293 - CVE-2016-7968 kdepim: JavaScript execution in HTML Mails https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1382293

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade kf5-kpimtextedit' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: kf5-kpimtextedit
Product: Fedora 24
Version: 16.08.2
Release: 1.fc24
URL: Summary : The KPimTextEdit Library

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Topics Covered

security advisory update Fedora HTML injection KDE PIM

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