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man2html — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2770

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in man2html.cgi.c in man2html 1.6, and possibly other version, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to error messages.

Products
man2html
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.6g-6
CVEs
CVE-2011-2770
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:05 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2770

core-osv · Original source

Published 17 Nov 2011, 19:55 UTC

Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in man2html.cgi.c in man2html 1.6, and possibly other version, allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecified vectors related to error messages.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2011-2770

man2html

Fixed versions: 1.6g-6

man2html

Fixed versions: 1.6g-6

man2html

Fixed versions: 1.6g-6

Complete source record
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