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Debian: CVE-2018-8768: ipython, jupyter-notebook -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2018-8768: ipython, jupyter-notebook -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/18/2018
Created
11/10/2020
Added
11/09/2020
Modified
11/19/2020

Description

In Jupyter Notebook before 5.4.1, a maliciously forged notebook file can bypass sanitization to execute JavaScript in the notebook context. Specifically, invalid HTML is 'fixed' by jQuery after sanitization, making it dangerous.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-ipython
  • debian-upgrade-jupyter-notebook

References

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