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  2. USN-5181-1

USN-5181-1: jQuery UI vulnerability

Publication date

9 September 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in jQuery UI.

Releases

Packages

  • jqueryui - JavaScript UI library for dynamic web applications

Details

It was discovered that jQuery UI did not properly validate the values from
untrusted sources. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a crash or
possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue affected only Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and
Ubuntu 20.4 ESM. (CVE-2021-41184)

It was discovered that jQuery UI checkboxradio widget did not properly decode
certain values from HTML entities. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
generate a cross-site scripting(XSS) attack, resulting in a crash or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-31160)

It was discovered that jQuery UI did not properly validate the values from
untrusted sources. An attacker could use this vulnerability to cause a crash or
possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue affected only Ubuntu 18.04 ESM and
Ubuntu 20.4 ESM. (CVE-2021-41184)

It was discovered that jQuery UI checkboxradio widget did not properly decode
certain values from HTML entities. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
generate a cross-site scripting(XSS) attack, resulting in a crash or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-31160)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.04 jammy node-jquery-ui –  1.13.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libjs-jquery-ui –  1.13.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal node-jquery-ui –  1.12.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm3  
libjs-jquery-ui –  1.12.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm3  
18.04 bionic node-jquery-ui –  1.12.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2  
libjs-jquery-ui –  1.12.1+dfsg-5ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm2  

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