Subject: [ASA-202011-4] matrix-synapse: cross-site scripting

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202011-4
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Severity: High
Date    : 2020-11-03
CVE-ID  : CVE-2020-26891
Package : matrix-synapse
Type    : cross-site scripting
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1252

Summary
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The package matrix-synapse before version 1.21.0-1 is vulnerable to
cross-site scripting.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 1.21.0-1.

# pacman -Syu "matrix-synapse>=1.21.0-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.21.0.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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A security issue has been found in matrix-synapse before 1.21.0, where
HTML pages served via Synapse were vulnerable to cross-site scripting
(XSS) attacks.

Impact
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A remote attacker might be able to spoof content and execute code via a
cross-site scripting attack.

References
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https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.21.2
https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/pull/8444
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-26891