Vulnerability · Published May 7, 2020 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2020-11054Incorrect Provision of Specified Functionality in qutebrowser
Low 3.5
In plain English
A low-severity security flaw in qutebrowser from qutebrowser. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.5% (higher than 75% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In qutebrowser versions less than 1.11.1, reloading a page with certificate errors shows a green URL. After a certificate error was overridden by the user, qutebrowser displays the URL as yellow (colors.statusbar.url.warn.fg). However, when the affected website was subsequently loaded again, the URL was mistakenly displayed as green (colors.statusbar.url.success_https). While the user already has seen a certificate error prompt at this point (or set content.ssl_strict to false, which is not recommended), this could still provide a false sense of security. This has been fixed in 1.11.1 and 1.12.0. All versions of qutebrowser are believed to be affected, though versions before v0.11.x couldn't be tested. Backported patches for older versions (greater than or equal to 1.4.0 and less than or equal to 1.10.2) are available, but no further releases are planned.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | qutebrowser | 1.11.1.post1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11054 |
| Debian:13 | qutebrowser | 1.11.1.post1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11054 |
| Debian:14 | qutebrowser | 1.11.1.post1-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11054 |
| PyPI | qutebrowser | 1.11.1 | GHSA-4rcq-jv2f-898j |
| PyPI | qutebrowser | 1.11.0 | PYSEC-2020-97 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| qutebrowser | qutebrowser | < 1.11.1 |
Weakness: CWE-684 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
References
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-4rcq-jv2f-898j x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/5403 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/021ab572a319ca3db5907a33a59774f502b3b975 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/19f01bb42d02da539446a52a25bb0c1232b86327 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/1b7946ed14b386a24db050f2d6dba81ba6518755 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/2281a205c3e70ec20f35ec8fafecee0d5c4f3478 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/4020210b193f77cf1785b21717f6ef7c5de5f0f8 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/6821c236f9ae23adf21d46ce0d56768ac8d0c467 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/9bd1cf585fccdfe8318fff7af793730e74a04db3 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/a45ca9c788f648d10cccce2af41405bf25ee2948 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/d28ed758d077a5bf19ddac4da468f7224114df23 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/commit/f5d801251aa5436aff44660c87d7013e29ac5864 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=420902 x_refsource_MISC
- https://tracker.die-offenbachs.homelinux.org/eric/issue328 x_refsource_MISC
- FEDORA-2020-fcd5fd47bd vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA
- FEDORA-2020-f0812d6aad vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA