USN-6748-1: Sanitize vulnerabilities

24 April 2024

Several security issues were fixed in Sanitize.

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It was discovered that Sanitize incorrectly handled noscript elements
under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-23627)

It was discovered that Sanitize incorrectly handled style elements under
certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. (CVE-2023-36823)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04

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

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