Cross-site scripting in Debian Linux - CVE-2018-1000671

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Cross-site scripting in Debian Linux - CVE-2018-1000671

Published: September 6, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU36722
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000671
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when processing data passed via Victim's browser must follow a URL supplied by the attacker. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in none available. 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.


Affected software

Debian Linux
Ubuntu
sympa (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000671

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

sympa (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.1.17~dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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