Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting pcs-snmp package, versions <0:0.10.10-4.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PCSSNMP-4103750
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed19 May 2020

Introduced: 19 May 2020

CVE-2020-7656  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 pcs-snmp to version 0:0.10.10-4.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:4142.

NVD Description

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

jquery prior to 1.9.0 allows Cross-site Scripting attacks via the load method. The load method fails to recognize and remove "<script>" HTML tags that contain a whitespace character, i.e: "</script >", which results in the enclosed script logic to be executed.

CVSS Scores

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