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Mageia 9: 2024-0199 Critical Advisory: Python-Jinja2 XSS Issue

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Calendar Grey May 31, 2024
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Recent updates to the python-jinja2 library rectify significant security vulnerabilities present in Mageia that impact the management of HTML attributes.
It was discovered that Jinja2 incorrectly handled certain HTML attributes that were accepted by the xmlattr filter

Summary

It was discovered that Jinja2 incorrectly handled certain HTML attributes that were accepted by the xmlattr filter. An attacker could use this issue to inject arbitrary HTML attribute keys and values to potentially execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack.

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33253

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6599-1

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-22195

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-34064

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical XSS attack python-jinja2 mageia html attributes

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/python-jinja2-3.1.4-1.mga9

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Publication date: 31 May 2024
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2024-0199.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2024-22195, CVE-2024-34064

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical XSS attack python-jinja2 mageia html attributes

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