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title: "CVE-2015-5667\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-5667

Publication date 31 October 2015

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 the HTML-Scrubber module before
0.15 for Perl, when the comment feature is enabled, allows remote attackers
to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted comment.

### From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the Perl HTML-Scrubber module incorrectly handles
comments. An attacker could possibly use this to execute arbitrary code.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libhtml-scrubber-perl | 18.10 cosmic | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 15.10 wily | Ignored end of life |
| 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 0.11-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-5667?format=md#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 |
| --- | --- |
| libhtml-scrubber-perl | * Upstream:   [e1978cc](https://github.com/nigelm/html-scrubber/commit/e1978cc37867e85c06a84a4651745235010cd6cd) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-5667)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5667)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-5667)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-5667)

### Other references

* <https://metacpan.org/release/HTML-Scrubber>
* <http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000171>
* <http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN53973084/index.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-5667>