RHEL 7 : python-XStatic-jquery-ui (RHSA-2017:0161)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210157

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python-XStatic-jquery-ui.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:0161 advisory.

jQuery UI is a set of user interface interactions, effects, widgets, and themes built on top of the jQuery JavaScript library.

Security Fix(es):

* It was found that a parameter of the dialog box feature of jQuery UI was vulnerable to cross site scripting. An attacker could use this flaw to execute a malicious script via the dialog box when it was displayed to a user. (CVE-2016-7103)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL python-XStatic-jquery-ui package based on the guidance in RHSA-2017:0161.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210157

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2017-0161.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/4/2024

Updated: 11/5/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7103

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-xstatic-jquery-ui, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/19/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7103

CWE: 79

RHSA: 2017:0161

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