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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : python-lxml (MDVSA-2014:088)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74030

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated python-lxml packages fix security vulnerability :

The clean_html() function, provided by the lxml.html.clean module, did not properly clean HTML input if it included non-printed characters (\x01-\x08). A remote attacker could use this flaw to serve malicious content to an application using the clean_html() function to process HTML, possibly allowing the attacker to inject malicious code into a website generated by this application (CVE-2014-3146).

Solution

Update the affected python-lxml package.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0218.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74030

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2014-088.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 5/16/2014

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:python-lxml, cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 5/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3146

MDVSA: 2014:088