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Red Hat 9 RHSA-2022-8226-01 Moderate: Python-Lxml NULL Pointer

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Calendar Grey November 15, 2022
Dist Redhat Esm H88
A minor security patch for python-lxml in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 resolves a null reference vulnerability.
An update for python-lxml is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

lxml is an XML processing library providing access to libxml2 and libxslt libraries using the Python ElementTree API.
Security Fix(es):
* lxml: NULL Pointer Dereference in lxml (CVE-2022-2309)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update moderate severity security impact NULL pointer python-lxml

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2309 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#moderate https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source: python-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.src.rpm
aarch64: python-lxml-debugsource-4.6.5-3.el9.aarch64.rpm python3-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.aarch64.rpm python3-lxml-debuginfo-4.6.5-3.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le: python-lxml-debugsource-4.6.5-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm python3-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm python3-lxml-debuginfo-4.6.5-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x: python-lxml-debugsource-4.6.5-3.el9.s390x.rpm python3-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.s390x.rpm python3-lxml-debuginfo-4.6.5-3.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64: python-lxml-debugsource-4.6.5-3.el9.x86_64.rpm python3-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.x86_64.rpm python3-lxml-debuginfo-4.6.5-3.el9.x86_64.rpm
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8226-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
Issue date: 2022-11-15

Topic

An update for python-lxml is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat software update moderate severity security impact NULL pointer python-lxml

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

2107571 - CVE-2022-2309 lxml: NULL Pointer Dereference in lxml

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