Bug 1558781 (CVE-2018-8768) - CVE-2018-8768 python-notebook: Input sanitization bypass allows for execution of JavaScript via crafted notebook file
Summary: CVE-2018-8768 python-notebook: Input sanitization bypass allows for execution...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-8768
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1558783
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Reported: 2018-03-21 01:25 UTC by Sam Fowler
Modified: 2021-10-21 19:58 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: python-notebook 5.4.1
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Last Closed: 2021-10-21 19:58:31 UTC
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Description Sam Fowler 2018-03-21 01:25:40 UTC 
n 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.


External References:

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/03/15/2


Upstream Patch:

https://github.com/jupyter/notebook/commit/4e79ebb49acac722b37b03f1fe811e67590d3831
Comment 1 Sam Fowler 2018-03-21 01:26:14 UTC 
Created python-notebook tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1558783]
Comment 2 Miro Hrončok 2018-12-02 00:10:17 UTC 
This was fixed in Fedora a while ago. Should this be closed?
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