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Debian DSA-4810-1 : lxml - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 144189

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Yaniv Nizry discovered that the clean module of lxml, Python bindings for libxml2 and libxslt could be bypassed.

Solution

Upgrade the lxml packages.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 4.3.2-1+deb10u1.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/lxml

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/lxml

https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4810

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 144189

File Name: debian_DSA-4810.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2020

Updated: 2/2/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27783

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxml

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-27783

DSA: 4810