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Ubuntu: USN-4855-1 (CVE-2018-8768): IPython vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-4855-1 (CVE-2018-8768): IPython vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/18/2018
Created
03/29/2023
Added
03/22/2023
Modified
03/22/2023

Description

In Jupyter Notebook before 5.4.1, a maliciously forged notebook file can bypass sanitization to execute JavaScript in the notebook context. Specifically, invalid HTML is 'fixed' by jQuery after sanitization, making it dangerous.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-ipython
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ipython-notebook
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ipython-notebook-common
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ipython3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ipython3-notebook
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ipython3-qtconsole

References

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