USN-6748-1: Sanitize vulnerabilities
24 April 2024
Several security issues were fixed in Sanitize.
Releases
Packages
- ruby-sanitize - Allowlist-based HTML and CSS sanitizer
Details
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)
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.