USN-996-1: Mako vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• mako -

Details

It was discovered that Mako incorrectly filtered single-quote characters
when performing html filtering. An attacker could utilize this to perform
cross-site scripting attacks.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 10.04

• python-mako - 0.2.5-2ubuntu1.3

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

References

• CVE-2010-2480