RLSA-2021:4158
Moderate: python-lxml security update
Topic
An update is available for python-lxml.
This update affects Rocky Linux 8.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list
Description
lxml is an XML processing library providing access to libxml2 and libxslt libraries using the Python ElementTree API.
Security Fix(es):
* python-lxml: Missing input sanitization for formaction HTML5 attributes may lead to XSS (CVE-2021-28957)
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 Rocky Linux 8.5 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Rocky Linux 8
SRPMs
- python-lxml-0:4.2.3-3.el8.src.rpm
RPMs
- python3-lxml-0:4.2.3-3.el8.aarch64.rpm
- python3-lxml-0:4.2.3-3.el8.x86_64.rpm
- python3-lxml-debuginfo-0:4.2.3-3.el8.aarch64.rpm
- python3-lxml-debuginfo-0:4.2.3-3.el8.x86_64.rpm
Issued: 11/9/2021
Type: Security
Severity: Moderate
Affected Product
- Rocky Linux 8
Fixes
References
- No references