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openSUSE Leap 15.3 SUSE-SU-2022:3836-1 Moderate: Python-Lxml XSS Fix

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Calendar Grey November 1, 2022
Dist Suse Esm H88
A new release has been issued for python-lxml on openSUSE Leap, addressing several moderate security vulnerabilities, notably cross-site scripting (XSS) concerns.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for python-lxml fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-28957: Fixed XSS due to missing input sanitization for HTML5 attributes (bsc#1184177). - CVE-2020-27783: Fixed XSS due to the use of improper parser (bsc#1179534). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE Leap 15.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.3-2022-3836=1 Package List: - openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch): python2-lxml-doc-4.0.0-150000.4.3.1 python3-lxml-doc-4.0.0-150000.4.3.1

References

#1179534 #1184177

Cross- CVE-2020-27783 CVE-2021-28957

CVSS scores:

CVE-2020-27783 (NVD) : 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE-2020-27783 (SUSE): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE-2021-28957 (NVD) : 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVE-2021-28957 (SUSE): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:

openSUSE Leap 15.3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-27783.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-28957.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179534

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184177

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2022:3836-1
Rating: moderate

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