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EulerOS 2.0 SP10 : python-lxml (EulerOS-SA-2022-1494)
high Nessus Plugin ID 159980
Synopsis
The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.Description
According to the versions of the python-lxml package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- lxml is a library for processing XML and HTML in the Python language. Prior to version 4.6.5, the HTML Cleaner in lxml.html lets certain crafted script content pass through, as well as script content in SVG files embedded using data URIs. Users that employ the HTML cleaner in a security relevant context should upgrade to lxml 4.6.5 to receive a patch. There are no known workarounds available. (CVE-2021-43818)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected python-lxml packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 159980
File Name: EulerOS_SA-2022-1494.nasl
Version: 1.2
Type: local
Family: Huawei Local Security Checks
Published: 4/20/2022
Updated: 4/20/2022
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-43818
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.1
Temporal Score: 6.2
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:huawei:euleros:python3-lxml, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp
Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-43818