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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2467-1 lxml -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

27 Nov 2020

Affected Packages:

lxml

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-19787, CVE-2020-27783.

More information:

• CVE-2018-19787

  It was discovered that there was a XSS injection vulnerability in the LXML HTML/XSS manipulation library for Python.

• CVE-2020-27783

  javascript escaping through the <noscript> and <style> combinations.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 3.7.1-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lxml packages.

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

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS