UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3978

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-3978
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3978.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-3978
Upstream
Published
2023-08-02T20:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:55:49Z
Severity
  • 6.1 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS

golang-golang-x-net

Package

Name
golang-golang-x-net
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-golang-x-net@1:0.0+git20211209.491a49a+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.0+git20210119.5f4716e+dfsg-4
1:0.0+git20210805.aaa1db6+dfsg-1
1:0.0+git20211209.491a49a+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-golang-x-net-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.0+git20211209.491a49a+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS

golang-golang-x-net

Package

Name
golang-golang-x-net
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-golang-x-net@1:0.21.0+dfsg-1?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.10.0-1
1:0.17.0+dfsg-1
1:0.20.0+dfsg-1
1:0.21.0+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-golang-x-net-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.21.0+dfsg-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:25.04

golang-golang-x-net

Package

Name
golang-golang-x-net
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-golang-x-net@1:0.27.0-1?arch=source&distro=plucky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.26.0+dfsg-2
1:0.27.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-golang-x-net-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.27.0-1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS

golang-golang-x-net-dev

Package

Name
golang-golang-x-net-dev
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-golang-x-net-dev@1:0.0+git20160110.4fd4a9f-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.0+git20150226.3d87fd6-3
0.0+git20151007.b846920+dfsg-1

1:0.*

1:0.0+git20150817.66f0418-1
1:0.0+git20160110.4fd4a9f-1
1:0.0+git20160110.4fd4a9f-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-go.net-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.0+git20160110.4fd4a9f-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-golang-x-net-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.0+git20160110.4fd4a9f-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS

golang-golang-x-net-dev

Package

Name
golang-golang-x-net-dev
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-golang-x-net-dev@1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-1ubuntu1
1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-1ubuntu2
1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-2
1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-go.net-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-golang-x-net-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.0+git20170629.c81e7f2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS

golang-golang-x-net-dev

Package

Name
golang-golang-x-net-dev
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/golang-golang-x-net-dev@1:0.0+git20190811.74dc4d7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:0.*

1:0.0+git20190811.74dc4d7+dfsg-1
1:0.0+git20190811.74dc4d7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-go.net-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.0+git20190811.74dc4d7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "golang-golang-x-net-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:0.0+git20190811.74dc4d7+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm1"
        }
    ]
}