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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.702941
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2941-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lxml' package(s) announced via the DSA-2941-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lxml' package(s) announced via the DSA-2941-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
It was discovered that clean_html() function of lxml (pythonic bindings for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries) performed insufficient sanitisation for some non-printable characters. This could lead to cross-site scripting.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.2-1+deb7u1.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.5-1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.5-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your lxml packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'lxml' package(s) on Debian 7.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-3146
20140415 lxml (python lib) vulnerability
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/210
20140430 Re: lxml (python lib) vulnerability
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Apr/319
58013
http://secunia.com/advisories/58013
58744
http://secunia.com/advisories/58744
59008
http://secunia.com/advisories/59008
67159
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67159
DSA-2941
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2941
MDVSA-2015:112
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:112
USN-2217-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2217-1
[lxml] 20140415 lxml.html.clean vulnerability
https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/pipermail/lxml/2014-April/007128.html
[oss-security] 20140509 Re: CVE request: python-lxml clean_html() input sanitization flaw
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/09/7
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0218.html
http://lxml.de/3.3/changes-3.3.5.html
openSUSE-SU-2014:0735
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00083.html
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