USN-3841-1: lxml vulnerability
lxml vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary
lxml could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Software Description
- lxml – pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries
Details
It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain HTML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cross-site scripting
(XSS) attacks.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- python-lxml – 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1
- python3-lxml – 4.2.1-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- python-lxml – 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
- python3-lxml – 3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- python-lxml – 3.3.3-1ubuntu0.2
- python3-lxml – 3.3.3-1ubuntu0.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Source: USN-3841-1: lxml vulnerability
