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Debian 8: DLA-1946-1 Critical: noVNC XSS Injection Issue

debian lts
Calendar Grey October 5, 2019
Dist Debian Esm H88
Critical patch released for noVNC on Debian LTS addresses XSS vulnerability. It is advisable to upgrade to bolster security.
An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, suc...
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Summary

For Debian 8 "Jessie", this problem has been fixed in version
1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your novnc packages.

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: novnc
Version: 1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1
CVE ID: CVE-2017-18635

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