• Sanitize vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Friday, September 25, 2020 16:10:10
    ruby-sanitize vulnerability

    A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
    derivatives:

    * Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

    Summary

    Sanitize could be made to perform XSS attacks if it received
    specially crafted input.

    Software Description

    * ruby-sanitize - allowlist-based HTML and CSS sanitizer

    Details

    Micha** Bentkowski discovered that Sanitize did not properly
    sanitize some math or svg HTML under certain circumstances. A
    remote attacker could potentially exploit this to conduct
    cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. (CVE-2020-4054)

    Update instructions

    The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
    following package versions:

    Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
    ruby-sanitize - 4.6.6-2.1~0.20.04.1

    To update your system, please follow these instructions:
    https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

    In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
    changes.

    References

    * CVE-2020-4054

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    * Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)