USN-4522-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4522-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4522-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4522-1
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Published
2020-09-21T18:50:17.174870Z
Modified
2020-09-21T18:50:17.174870Z
Summary
novnc vulnerability
Details

It was discovered that noVNC did not properly manage certain messages, resulting in the remote VNC server injecting arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page. An attacker could use this issue to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2017-18635)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / novnc

Package

Name
novnc
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/novnc?arch=src?distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "novnc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "python-novnc"
        }
    ]
}