USN-1722-1: jQuery vulnerability

13 February 2013

jQuery could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

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Releases

Packages

  • jquery - JavaScript library for dynamic web applications

Details

It was discovered that jQuery incorrectly handled selecting elements using
location.hash, resulting in a possible cross-site scripting (XSS) issue.
With cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, if a user were tricked into
viewing a specially crafted page, a remote attacker could exploit this to
modify the contents, or steal confidential data, within the same domain.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 11.10
Ubuntu 10.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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