CVE-2017-18635

Summary

CVECVE-2017-18635
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-09-25 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-04-06 17:54:00 UTC
DescriptionAn XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC before 0.6.2 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Novnc Novnc All All All All
Application Novnc Novnc All All All All
Application Redhat Openstack 13 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 2854-1] novnc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
GitHub - ShielderSec/cve-2017-18635: PoC for CVE-2017-18635 MISC github.com
Bug #1656435 “XSS in noVNC” : Bugs : OpenStack Dashboard (Horizon) MISC bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1946-1] novnc security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[Fixed] XSS Vulnerability in noVNC · Issue #748 · novnc/noVNC · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Use textContent instead of innerHTML · novnc/noVNC@6048299 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
USN-4522-1: noVNC vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Exploiting an old noVNC XSS (CVE-2017-18635) in OpenStack - Shielder MISC www.shielder.it
Release v0.6.2 · novnc/noVNC · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178968 Debian Security Update for novnc (DLA 2854-1)
  • 198198 Ubuntu Security Notification for noVNC vulnerability (USN-4522-1)
  • 980721 Nodejs (npm) Security Update for @novnc/novnc (GHSA-49rv-g7w5-m8xx)

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