CVE-2018-0499
Published: 02 July 2018
A cross-site scripting vulnerability in queryparser/termgenerator_internal.cc in Xapian xapian-core before 1.4.6 exists due to incomplete HTML escaping by Xapian::MSet::snippet().
Priority
Medium
CVSS 3 base score: 6.1
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
xapian-core Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
Upstream |
Released
(1.4.6-1)
|
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Released
(1.4.5-1ubuntu0.1)
|
|
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
|
| Ubuntu 14.04 ESM (Trusty Tahr) |
Not vulnerable
(code not present)
|
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| leosilva | versions precise/esm, trusty and xenial are not affected second upstream msg "1.2.x doesn't have this method, so isn't vulnerable". |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-0499
- https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-discuss/2018-July/009652.html
- https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3709-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian