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byron / termbook

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This project might be open to known security vulnerabilities, which can be prevented by tightening the version range of affected dependencies. Find detailed information at the bottom.

Crate termbook-cli

Dependencies

(4 total, 3 outdated)

CrateRequiredLatestStatus
 env_logger^0.7.10.11.5out of date
 pulldown-cmark-to-cmark^4.0.019.0.0out of date
 clap^2.33.04.5.21out of date
 lazy_static^1.4.01.5.0up to date

Crate termbook

Dependencies

(7 total, 5 outdated, 1 possibly insecure)

CrateRequiredLatestStatus
 mdbook ⚠️^0.3.50.4.43out of date
 pulldown-cmark-to-cmark^2.0.119.0.0out of date
 pulldown-cmark^0.6.10.12.2out of date
 mdcat=0.15.02.7.0out of date
 syntect^3.1.05.2.0out of date
 atty^0.2.140.2.14up to date
 globset^0.4.40.4.15up to date

Security Vulnerabilities

mdbook: XSS in mdBook's search page

RUSTSEC-2021-0001

This is a cross-post of the official security advisory. The official post contains a signed version with our PGP key, as well.

The Rust Security Response Working Group was recently notified of a security issue affecting the search feature of mdBook, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on the page.

The CVE for this vulnerability is CVE-2020-26297.

Overview

The search feature of mdBook (introduced in version 0.1.4) was affected by a cross site scripting vulnerability that allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary JavaScript code on an user's browser by tricking the user into typing a malicious search query, or tricking the user into clicking a link to the search page with the malicious search query prefilled.

mdBook 0.4.5 fixes the vulnerability by properly escaping the search query.

Mitigations

Owners of websites built with mdBook have to upgrade to mdBook 0.4.5 or greater and rebuild their website contents with it. It's possible to install mdBook 0.4.5 on the local system with:

cargo install mdbook --version 0.4.5 --force

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kamil Vavra for responsibly disclosing the vulnerability to us according to our security policy.

Timeline of events

All times are listed in UTC.

  • 2020-12-30 20:14 - The issue is reported to the Rust Security Response WG
  • 2020-12-30 20:32 - The issue is acknowledged and the investigation began
  • 2020-12-30 21:21 - Found the cause of the vulnerability and prepared the patch
  • 2021-01-04 15:00 - Patched version released and vulnerability disclosed