Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding Affecting conmon package, versions <2:2.1.4-2.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.14% (51st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-CONMON-5498934
  • published 8 May 2023
  • disclosed 20 Apr 2023

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 conmon to version 2:2.1.4-2.module+el8.9.0+19098+6e7a5e3f or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream conmon package and not the conmon package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Templates containing actions in unquoted HTML attributes (e.g. "attr={{.}}") executed with empty input can result in output with unexpected results when parsed due to HTML normalization rules. This may allow injection of arbitrary attributes into tags.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.3 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    Low
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

7.3 high
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SUSE

7.3 high