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Debian DSA-4643-1: High Severity XSS Risk in Python-Bleach Library

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Calendar Grey March 20, 2020
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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4644-2 addresses a critical vulnerability in the python-requests library, which could lead to potential information leakage during HTTP requests.
It was reported that python-bleach, a whitelist-based HTML-sanitizing library, is prone to a mutation XSS vulnerability in bleach.clean when strip=False and 'math' or 'svg' tags an...
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Summary

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.1.2-0+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-bleach packages.

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

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



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Package: python-bleach
CVE ID: CVE-2020-6816

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