Bug 819531 (CVE-2020-8291)

Summary:	net-im/rocketchat-desktop-bin: link preview XSS (CVE-2020-8291)
Product:	Gentoo Security	Reporter:	John Helmert III <ajak>
Component:	Vulnerabilities	Assignee:	Gentoo Security <security>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	minor	CC:	andrewammerlaan
Priority:	Normal
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/pull/19854
Whiteboard:	B4 [ebuild]
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---

Description John Helmert III archtester

2021-10-22 21:43:57 UTC

CVE-2020-8291:

A link preview rendering issue in Rocket.Chat versions before 3.9 could lead to potential XSS attacks.

Contrary to the CVE description, patch is in 3.10 onward. Please bump.

Comment 1 Andrew Nowa Ammerlaan gentoo-dev

2021-10-23 08:12:54 UTC

(In reply to John Helmert III from comment #0)
> CVE-2020-8291:
> 
> A link preview rendering issue in Rocket.Chat versions before 3.9 could lead
> to potential XSS attacks.
> 
> Contrary to the CVE description, patch is in 3.10 onward. Please bump.

I think this applies to the Rocket.Chat server: https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat/releases (not packaged)

And not to the Rocket.Chat desktop client: https://github.com/RocketChat/Rocket.Chat.Electron (which doesn't have a version newer then 3.5.7)

Comment 2 John Helmert III archtester

2021-10-23 12:23:27 UTC

Ah, sorry! Invalid then