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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for lxml (DLA-2467-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
4.3
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
3 years ago
Modified
Modified
3 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'lxml' package(s) announced via the DLA-2467-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
CVE-2018-19787 It was discovered that there was a XSS injection vulnerability in the LXML HTML/XSS manipulation library for Python. CVE-2020-27783 javascript escaping through the <noscript> and <style> combinations.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'lxml' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 3.7.1-1+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your lxml packages.