SB2019031212 - XSS in Jupyter Notebook

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.

1) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-9644)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/compare/f3f00df...05aa4b2
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UP5RLEES2JBBNSNLBR65XM6PCD4EMF7D/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VMDPJBVXOVO6LYGAT46VZNHH6JKSCURO/