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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.892606
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-2606-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lxml' package(s) announced via the DLA-2606-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'lxml' package(s) announced via the DLA-2606-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
An issue has been found in lxml, a pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries.

Due to missing input sanitization, XSS is possible for the HTML5 formaction attribute.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 3.7.1-1+deb9u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your lxml packages.

For the detailed security status of lxml please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'lxml' package(s) on Debian 9.

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-2021-28957
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210521-0004/
Debian Security Information: DSA-4880 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4880
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3C2R44VDUY7FJVMAVRZ2WY7XYL4SVN45/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XXN3QPWCTQVOGW4BMWV3AUUZZ4NRZNSQ/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-06
https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxml/+bug/1888153
https://github.com/lxml/lxml/commit/a5f9cb52079dc57477c460dbe6ba0f775e14a999
https://github.com/lxml/lxml/pull/316/commits/10ec1b4e9f93713513a3264ed6158af22492f270
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00031.html
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