CVE-2015-5667

Publication date 31 October 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the HTML-Scrubber module before 0.15 for Perl, when the comment feature is enabled, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted comment.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the Perl HTML-Scrubber module incorrectly handles comments. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libhtml-scrubber-perl 18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.11-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
libhtml-scrubber-perl

References

Other references