UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3978
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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3978
Published: 2 Aug 2023Last Modified: 8 Apr 2026
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Summary:
Details: Text nodes not in the HTML namespace are incorrectly literally rendered, causing text which should be escaped to not be. This could lead to an XSS attack.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3978, https://go.dev/cl/514896, https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2023-1988, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3978, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8089-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8089-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8089-3
Affected packages
Package
Name: golang-golang-x-net-dev
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-golang-x-net-dev@1:0.0+git20160110.4fd4a9f-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -1:0.0+git20160110.4fd4a9f-1ubuntu0.1~esm2
Affected versions
0.0+git20150226.3d87fd6-3
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
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High
