CVE-2020-11054

NameCVE-2020-11054
DescriptionIn 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.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
qutebrowser (PTS)buster1.6.1-2vulnerable
bullseye2.0.2-2fixed
bookworm2.5.3-1fixed
trixie2.5.4-2fixed
sid2.5.4-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
qutebrowsersource(unstable)1.11.1.post1-1unimportant

Notes

https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/5403
https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-4rcq-jv2f-898j
Depends on qtwebkit, which is not covered by security support

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