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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 11.10 : jquery vulnerability (USN-1722-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64629

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.

Description

It was discovered that jQuery incorrectly handled selecting elements using location.hash, resulting in a possible cross-site scripting (XSS) issue. With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into viewing a specially crafted page, a remote attacker could exploit this to modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain.

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Solution

Update the affected libjs-jquery package.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/1722-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64629

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1722-1.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/14/2013

Updated: 9/19/2019

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: 2.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libjs-jquery, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4969

USN: 1722-1