UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000998

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1000998
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000998.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-1000998
Upstream
Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:44:53Z
Published
2019-02-04T21:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:37:37.474472Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

FreeBSD CVSweb version 2.x contains a Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in all pages that can result in limited impact--CVSweb is anonymous & read-only. It might impact other sites on same domain. This attack appears to be exploitable via victim must load specially crafted url. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 3.x.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / cvsweb

Package

Name
cvsweb
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cvsweb@3:3.0.6-8?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3:3.0.6-8

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3:3.0.6-8",
            "binary_name": "cvsweb"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}