MGASA-2022-0053

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    MGASA-2022-0053

    Published: 9 Feb 2022Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated epiphany packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an about: page, as demonstrated by ephy-about:overview when a user visits an XSS payload page often enough to place that page on the Most Visited list (CVE-2021-45085). XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 because a server's suggested_filename is used as the pdf_name value in PDF.js (CVE-2021-45086). XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 when View Source mode or Reader mode is used, as demonstrated by a page title (CVE-2021-45087). XSS can occur in GNOME Web (aka Epiphany) before 40.4 and 41.x before 41.1 via an error page (CVE-2021-45088).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0053.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29886, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5042

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: epiphany

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/epiphany?arch=source&distro=mageia-8

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.38.2-1.1.mga8

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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