Debian DLA-2620-1 : python-bleach security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 148363

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that there was a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in python-bleach, a whitelist-based HTML sanitisation library.

For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 2.0-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-bleach packages.

For the detailed security status of python-bleach please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-bleach

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 148363

File Name: debian_DLA-2620.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 4/7/2021

Updated: 1/12/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-23980

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:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-bleach, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-bleach, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-bleach-doc

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: 4/6/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/16/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-23980

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