Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting ruby2.5-devel-extra package, versions <2.5.7-4.8.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    Exploit Maturity
    Mature
    EPSS
    0.82% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-SLES150-RUBY25DEVELEXTRA-2713522
  • published 14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 20 Mar 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 ruby2.5-devel-extra to version 2.5.7-4.8.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby2.5-devel-extra package and not the ruby2.5-devel-extra package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

jQuery before 1.9.0 is vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. The jQuery(strInput) function does not differentiate selectors from HTML in a reliable fashion. In vulnerable versions, jQuery determined whether the input was HTML by looking for the '<' character anywhere in the string, giving attackers more flexibility when attempting to construct a malicious payload. In fixed versions, jQuery only deems the input to be HTML if it explicitly starts with the '<' character, limiting exploitability only to attackers who can control the beginning of a string, which is far less common.

CVSS Scores

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SUSE

6.8 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Changed
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    High
  • Availability (A)
    None