FreeBSD : Loofah -- XSS vulnerability (36a2a89e-7ee1-4ea4-ae22-7ca38019c8d0)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 118704

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

GitHub issue :

This issue has been created for public disclosure of an XSS vulnerability that was responsibly reported (independently) by Shubham Pathak and @yasinS (Yasin Soliman).

In the Loofah gem, through v2.2.2, unsanitized JavaScript may occur in sanitized output when a crafted SVG element is republished.

Solution

Update the affected package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 118704

File Name: freebsd_pkg_36a2a89e7ee14ea4ae227ca38019c8d0.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Family: FreeBSD Local Security Checks

Published: 11/2/2018

Updated: 1/31/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.5

Temporal Score: 2.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-16468

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:rubygem-loofah, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16468

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