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title: CVE-2009-2947
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2947
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# CVE-2009-2947

Publication date 14 September 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Xapian Omega before 1.0.16
allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via
unspecified CGI parameter values, which are sometimes included in exception
messages.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xapian-omega | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.0.7-3ubuntu1.1 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2947#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| xapian-omega | * Vendor:   <http://snapshot.debian.org/package/xapian-omega/1.0.7-3%2Blenny1/> * Debdiff:   <https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/bugs/601160> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2947)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2947)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2947)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2947)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2947>