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Red Hat OpenStack 8.0: RHSA-2016:2932-01 Low: XSS in jQuery UI

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A security patch with minimal disruption was issued by Red Hat for python-XStatic-jquery addressing vulnerabilities related to cross-site scripting.
An update for python-XStatic-jquery-ui is now available for Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty)

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

jquery-ui javascript library packaged for setuptools (easy_install) / pip.
The following packages have been upgraded to a newer upstream version: python-XStatic-jquery-ui (1.12.0.1). (BZ#1371011)
Security Fix(es):
* It was found that a parameter of the dialog box feature of jQuery UI was vulnerable to cross site scripting. An attacker could use this flaw to execute a malicious script via the dialog box when it was displayed to a user. (CVE-2016-7103)

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-7103 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Package List

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty):
Source: python-XStatic-jquery-ui-1.12.0.1-1.el7ost.src.rpm
noarch: python-XStatic-jquery-ui-1.12.0.1-1.el7ost.noarch.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2016:2932-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform
Issue date: 2016-12-08

Topic

An update for python-XStatic-jquery-ui is now available for Red HatOpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty).Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1360286 - CVE-2016-7103 jquery-ui: cross-site scripting in dialog closeText

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