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Debian LTS Advisory ([SECURITY] [DLA 2075-1] jsoup security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
4 years ago
Modified
Modified
4 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'jsoup' package(s) announced via the DSA-2075-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
An issue has been found in jsoup, a Java HTML parser that makes sense of real-world HTML soup. Due to bad handling of missing '>' at EOF a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability could appear.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'jsoup' 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 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 1.8.1-1+deb8u1. We recommend that you upgrade your jsoup packages.