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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202210-07

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Severity: Low
Title: Deluge: Cross-Site Scripting
Date: October 16, 2022
Bugs: #866842
ID: 202210-07

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in Deluge which could result in XSS.

Background

Deluge is a BitTorrent client.

Affected packages

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 Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected  
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1 net-p2p/deluge < 2.1.1 >= 2.1.1

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

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-3427
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3427

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-07

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

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