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Debian DSA-2941-1 : lxml - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 74277

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that clean_html() function of lxml (pythonic bindings for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries) performed insufficient sanitisation for some non-printable characters. This could lead to cross-site scripting.

Solution

Upgrade the lxml packages.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.2-1+deb7u1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2941

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 74277

File Name: debian_DSA-2941.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/3/2014

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:lxml, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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: 6/1/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3146

BID: 67159

DSA: 2941