Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting rhvm package, versions <0:4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-RHVM-3387205
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed12 Jan 2019

Introduced: 12 Jan 2019

CVE-2017-18635  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 rhvm to version 0:4.4.1.8-0.7.el8ev or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:3247.

NVD Description

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

An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC before 0.6.2 in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name.

CVSS Scores

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