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title: "CVE-2010-4647\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-4647

Publication date 13 January 2011

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

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Help Contents
web application (aka the Help Server) in Eclipse IDE before 3.6.2 allow
remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the query
string to (1) help/index.jsp or (2) help/advanced/content.jsp.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| eclipse | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.10 maverick | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 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-2010-4647)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4647)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4647)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4647)

### Other references

* <http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/06/7>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4647>
