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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for novnc (DLA-2854-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'novnc' package(s) announced via the DLA-2854-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC, a HTML5 VNC client, in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'novnc' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-6+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your novnc packages.