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Debian: CVE-2020-6817: python-bleach -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2020-6817: python-bleach -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
04/03/2020
Created
04/04/2020
Added
04/03/2020
Modified
03/02/2023

Description

bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Calls to bleach.clean with an allowed tag with an allowed style attribute are vulnerable to ReDoS. For example, bleach.clean(..., attributes={'a': ['style']}).

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-python-bleach

References

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