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Cross-site Scripting (XSS) The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package yui  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1504-YUI-671921
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed7 Nov 2010
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Introduced: 7 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-4208  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:15.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yui package and not the yui package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Flash component infrastructure in YUI 2.5.0 through 2.8.1, as used in Bugzilla, Moodle, and other products, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors related to uploader/assets/uploader.swf.

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