OPENSUSE-SU-2016:2559-1
Vulnerability from csaf_opensuse - Published: 2016-10-18 08:48 - Updated: 2026-09-20 18:42Summary
Security update for kcoreaddons
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Title of the patch: Security update for kcoreaddons
Description of the patch: This update for kcoreaddons fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2016-7966: HTML injection in plain text viewer (boo#1002977)
Patchnames: openSUSE-2016-1200
Terms of use: CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
7.3 (High)
Affected products
Recommended
4 products
| Product | Identifier | Version | Remediation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1:kcoreaddons-0:5.20.0-6.1.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
|
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| Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1:kcoreaddons-devel-0:5.20.0-6.1.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
|
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| Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1:kcoreaddons-lang-0:5.20.0-6.1.noarch | — |
Vendor Fix
|
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| Unresolved product id: SUSE Package Hub 12 SP1:libKF5CoreAddons5-0:5.20.0-6.1.x86_64 | — |
Vendor Fix
|
Threats
Impact
moderate
References
6 references
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