libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neither https:// nor http://) based on the content of the store.kde.org web site. (5.18.7 is also a fixed version.)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links     to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neither https:// nor http://) based on the content of the     store.kde.org web site. (5.18.7 is also a fixed version.) (CVE-2021-28117)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - libdiscover/backends/KNSBackend/KNSResource.cpp in KDE Discover before 5.21.3 automatically creates links
    to potentially dangerous URLs (that are neither https:// nor http://) based on the content of the
    store.kde.org web site. (5.18.7 is also a fixed version.) (CVE-2021-28117)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
259633	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2021-28117	Nessus	Misc.	high
404070	Alpine: multiple discover packages: security update to 5.21.3-r0	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
404070	Alpine: multiple discover packages: security update to 5.21.3-r0	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
404069	Alpine: multiple discover packages: security update to 5.20.5-r1	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
404069	Alpine: multiple discover packages: security update to 5.20.5-r1	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high

Detections

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CVE-2021-28117

high

Tenable Plugins

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high