UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6684

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-6684

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6684.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6684

Upstream

CVE-2012-6684

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:42:48Z

Published

2015-01-08T01:59:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T08:10:39Z

Severity

Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the RedCloth library 4.2.9 for Ruby and earlier allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a javascript: URI.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / ruby-redcloth

Package

Name: ruby-redcloth
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ruby-redcloth@4.2.9-5build4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

4.2.9-5build4

Affected versions

4.*

4.2.9-5build1

4.2.9-5build2

4.2.9-5build3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-redcloth",
            "binary_version": "4.2.9-5build4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ruby-redcloth-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "4.2.9-5build4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-6684.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / ruby-redcloth