Upstream information

CVE-2012-5624 at MITRE

Description

The XMLHttpRequest object in Qt before 4.8.4 enables http redirection to the file scheme, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to force the read of arbitrary local files and possibly obtain sensitive information via a file: URL to a QML application.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 793194 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2013:0143-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:0154-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:0157-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:40:23 2013
CVE page last modified: Thu Dec 7 13:05:46 2023