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Ubuntu: USN-5561-1 (CVE-2021-45085): GNOME Web vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5561-1 (CVE-2021-45085): GNOME Web vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
12/16/2021
Created
08/29/2022
Added
08/11/2022
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-epiphany-browser

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