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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2023.5426
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5426-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'owslib' package(s) announced via the DSA-5426-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'owslib' package(s) announced via the DSA-5426-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
An arbitrary file reads from malformed XML payload vulnerbility was discovered in owslib, the Python client library for Open Geospatial (OGC) web services. This issue has been addressed by always using lxml as the XML parser with entity resolution disabled.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), this problem has been fixed in version 0.23.0-1+deb11u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your owslib packages.

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

Affected Software/OS:
'owslib' package(s) on Debian 11.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-27476
Debian Security Information: DSA-5426 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5426
https://github.com/geopython/OWSLib/pull/863/commits/b92687702be9576c0681bb11cad21eb631b9122f
https://github.com/geopython/OWSLib/security/advisories/GHSA-8h9c-r582-mggc
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-131_owslib/
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00032.html
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