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title: "CVE-2012-4397\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4397?format=md
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# CVE-2012-4397

Publication date 5 September 2012

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 ownCloud before
4.0.1 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via the
(1) calendar displayname to part.choosecalendar.rowfields.php or (2)
part.choosecalendar.rowfields.shared.php in apps/calendar/templates/; or
(3) unspecified vectors to apps/contacts/lib/vcard.php.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4397?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| owncloud | 15.10 wily | Not in release |
| 15.04 vivid | Not in release |
| 14.10 utopic | Not in release |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life |
| 11.04 natty | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | 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-2012-4397?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

owncloud packages in Ubuntu are now empty

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| owncloud | * Upstream:   [0059535](https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/00595351400523168e18a08e3ffa5c3b1e7c1f6e) * Upstream:   [54a3717](https://github.com/owncloud/core/commit/54a371700554ed21a5cb7db03126b6c95ae4cbd3) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-4397)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4397)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-4397)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4397)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/01>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4397>