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USN-5482-2: SPIP vulnerabilities

Publication date

2 March 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in SPIP.

Releases

Packages

  • spip - website engine for publishing

Details

USN-5482-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SPIP. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for CVE-2021-44118,
CVE-2021-44120, CVE-2021-44122 and CVE-2021-44123.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that SPIP incorrectly validated inputs. An authenticated
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28984)

Charles Fol and Théo Gordyjan discovered that SPIP is vulnerable to Cross
Site Scripting (XSS). If a user were tricked into browsing a malicious SVG
file, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to execute arbitrary
code. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 21.10. (

USN-5482-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in SPIP. This update provides
the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS for CVE-2021-44118,
CVE-2021-44120, CVE-2021-44122 and CVE-2021-44123.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that SPIP incorrectly validated inputs. An authenticated
attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-28984)

Charles Fol and Théo Gordyjan discovered that SPIP is vulnerable to Cross
Site Scripting (XSS). If a user were tricked into browsing a malicious SVG
file, an attacker could possibly exploit this issue to execute arbitrary
code. This issue was only fixed in Ubuntu 21.10. (CVE-2021-44118,
CVE-2021-44120, CVE-2021-44122, CVE-2021-44123)

It was discovered that SPIP incorrectly handled certain forms. A remote
authenticated editor could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code,
and a remote unauthenticated attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain
sensitive information. (CVE-2022-26846, CVE-2022-26847)

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
20.04 focal spip –  3.2.7-1ubuntu0.1

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