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Debian: CVE-2020-27783: lxml -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-27783: lxml -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
11/30/2020
Created
12/01/2020
Added
11/30/2020
Modified
12/16/2020

Description

A XSS vulnerability was discovered in python-lxml's clean module. The module's parser didn't properly imitate browsers, which caused different behaviors between the sanitizer and the user's page. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw to run arbitrary HTML/JS code.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-lxml

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