Gentoo: GLSA-202210-07: Deluge: Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
Deluge does not sufficiently sanitize crafted torrent file data, leading to the application interpreting untrusted data as HTML.
Resolution
All Deluge users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/deluge-2.1.1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2021-3427 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3427
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-07
Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
Background
Deluge is a BitTorrent client.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 net-p2p/deluge < 2.1.1 >= 2.1.1
Impact
===== An attacker can achieve XSS via a crafted torrent file.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.