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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 202210-07
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 Severity: Low
    Title: Deluge: Cross-Site Scripting
     Date: October 16, 2022
     Bugs: #866842
       ID: 202210-07

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Synopsis
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A vulnerability has been found in Deluge which could result in XSS.

Background
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Deluge is a BitTorrent client.

Affected packages
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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  net-p2p/deluge             < 2.1.1                      >= 2.1.1

Description
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Deluge does not sufficiently sanitize crafted torrent file data, leading
to the application interpreting untrusted data as HTML.

Impact
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An attacker can achieve XSS via a crafted torrent file.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All Deluge users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/deluge-2.1.1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2021-3427
      https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3427

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-07

Concerns?
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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.

License
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Copyright 2022 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5