MGASA-2018-0497 - Updated python-lxml packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 31 Dec 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0497.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 6
CVE: CVE-2018-19787

An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the
lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use
escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as
demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer
(CVE-2018-19787).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24067
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/3RVMDZTRGFNPQRD6MD74QL2A5IOBPFXQ/
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19787

SRPMS:
- 6/core/python-lxml-4.2.5-1.mga6

Mageia 2018-0497: python-lxml security update

An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5

Summary

An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer (CVE-2018-19787).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24067

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/3RVMDZTRGFNPQRD6MD74QL2A5IOBPFXQ/

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-19787

Resolution

MGASA-2018-0497 - Updated python-lxml packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 6/core/python-lxml-4.2.5-1.mga6

Severity
Publication date: 31 Dec 2018
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0497.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2018-19787

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