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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 : Sanitize vulnerabilities (USN-6748-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 193803

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 23.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6748-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Sanitize incorrectly handled noscript elements under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-23627)

 It was discovered that Sanitize incorrectly handled style elements under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2023-36823)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected ruby-sanitize package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6748-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 193803

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6748-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/24/2024

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36823

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:23.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:ruby-sanitize, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23627, CVE-2023-36823

USN: 6748-1