SB2023012554 - Prototype pollution in Red Hat OpenStack Platform

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SB2023012554 - Prototype pollution in Red Hat OpenStack Platform

Published: January 25, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023012554
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Prototype pollution (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-10768)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the merge() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a adding or modifying properties of `Object.prototype` using a `__proto__` payload and execute arbitrary script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References