USN-4666-2: lxml vulnerability
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4666-2
December 11, 2020
lxml vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary:
lxml could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Software Description:
- lxml: pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt librarie
Details:
USN-4666-1 partially fixed a vulnerability in lxml, but an additional patch was needed. This update provides
the corresponding additional patch in order to properly fix the vulnerability.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain HTML.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 20.10:
python3-lxml 4.5.2-1ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
python-lxml 4.5.0-1ubuntu0.2
python3-lxml 4.5.0-1ubuntu0.2
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
python-lxml 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.3
python3-lxml 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
python-lxml 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3
python3-lxml 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
python-lxml 3.3.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm2
python3-lxml 3.3.3-1ubuntu0.2+esm2
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM:
python-lxml 2.3.2-1ubuntu0.5
python3-lxml 2.3.2-1ubuntu0.5
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4666-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4666-1
CVE-2020-27783
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxml/4.5.2-1ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxml/4.5.0-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxml/4.2.1-1ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxml/3.5.0-1ubuntu0.3
A lxml security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 12.04 ESM, 14.04 ESM, 16.04 LTS, 18.04 LTS, 20.04 LTS, and 20.10.
