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A python-lxml security update has been released for Fedora 33.



SECURITY: Fedora 33 Update: python-lxml-4.5.1-3.fc33


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2020-0e055ea503
2021-01-14 01:37:01.292521
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Name : python-lxml
Product : Fedora 33
Version : 4.5.1
Release : 3.fc33
URL :   https://github.com/lxml/lxml
Summary : XML processing library combining libxml2/libxslt with the ElementTree API
Description :
lxml is a Pythonic, mature binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries. It
provides safe and convenient access to these libraries using the ElementTree It
extends the ElementTree API significantly to offer support for XPath, RelaxNG,
XML Schema, XSLT, C14N and much more.To contact the project, go to the project
home page < or see our bug tracker at case you want to use the current ...

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Update Information:

This update fixes mXSS security vulnerability due to the use of improper parser
(CVE-2020-27783)
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Dec 18 2020 Mikolaj Izdebski - 4.5.1-3
- Fix mXSS vulnerability due to the use of improper parser
- Resolves: CVE-2020-27783
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #1901633 - CVE-2020-27783 python-lxml: mXSS due to the use of improper parser
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1901633
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2020-0e055ea503' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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