GLSA 202210-07: Deluge: Cross-Site Scripting
| Severity: | low |
| Title: | Deluge: Cross-Site Scripting |
| Date: | 10/16/2022 |
| Bugs: | |
| ID: | 202210-07 |
Synopsis
A vulnerability has been found in Deluge which could result in XSS.Background
Deluge is a BitTorrent client.
Affected packages
| Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| net-p2p/deluge | < 2.1.1 | >= 2.1.1 | All supported architectures |
Description
Deluge does not sufficiently sanitize crafted torrent file data, leading to the application interpreting untrusted data as HTML.
Impact
An attacker can achieve XSS via a crafted torrent file.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All Deluge users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/deluge-2.1.1"
References
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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