CVE-2021-38193 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2021-38193: An issue was discovered in the ammonia crate before 3.1.0 for Rust. XSS can occur because the parsing differences for HTML, SVG, and MathML are mishandled, a similar issue to CVE-2020-26870.

Affects 2 Linux releases across 2 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2021-38193 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

rust-ammonia→ fixed in3.1.2-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y rust-ammonia
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

rust-ammonia→ fixed in3.1.2-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y rust-ammonia
```

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