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title: "CVE-2008-5656\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2008-5656

Publication date 17 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the frontend plugin for the
felogin system extension in TYPO3 4.2.0, 4.2.1 and 4.2.2 allows remote
attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unknown vectors.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| typo3-src | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5656)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5656)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5656)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5656)

### Other references

* <http://typo3.org/teams/security/security-bulletins/typo3-20081113-2/>
* <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=505325>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5656>