Description
The YouDao plugin for StarDict, as used in stardict 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6 in Debian trixie and elsewhere, sends an X11 selection to the dict.youdao.com and dict.cn servers via cleartext HTTP.
Problem types
CWE-402 Transmission of Private Resources into a New Sphere ('Resource Leak')
Product status
Any version
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/08/04/1
lists.debian.org/debian-user/2025/08/msg00076.html
packages.debian.org/trixie/stardict
packages.debian.org/trixie/stardict-gtk
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1110370
stardict-4.sourceforge.net/index_en.php