Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | lxml vulnerability |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-2217-1 | First vendor Publication | 2014-05-21 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2014-05-21 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 4.3 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 2.9 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS - Ubuntu 13.10 - Ubuntu 12.04 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 the lxml.html.clean module incorrectly stripped control characters. An attacked could potentially exploit this to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: Ubuntu 13.10: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: After a standard system update you need to reboot your computer to make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2217-1 |
OVAL Definitions
| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24536 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24536 | ||
| Title: | DSA-2941-1 lxml - security update | ||
| Description: | 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. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | DSA-2941-1 CVE-2014-3146 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 Debian GNU/kFreeBSD 7.0 | Product(s): | lxml |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24727 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:24727 | ||
| Title: | USN-2217-1 -- lxml vulnerability | ||
| Description: | lxml could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | USN-2217-1 CVE-2014-3146 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | Ubuntu 14.04 Ubuntu 13.10 Ubuntu 12.04 | Product(s): | lxml |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
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| Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26195 | |||
| Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:26195 | ||
| Title: | SUSE-SU-2014:1282-1 -- Security update for python-lxml | ||
| Description: | This security update for python-lxml fixes a input sanitization flaw in clean_html. (CVE-2014-3146) Security Issues: * CVE-2014-3146 <http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-3146> | ||
| Family: | unix | Class: | patch |
| Reference(s): | SUSE-SU-2014:1282-1 CVE-2014-3146 | Version: | 3 |
| Platform(s): | SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 | Product(s): | python-lxml |
| Definition Synopsis: | |||
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2018-12-11 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-1604.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2015-03-30 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-112.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-10-11 | Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing a security update. File : suse_11_python-lxml-141001.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-13 | Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : openSUSE-2014-402.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-06-03 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-2941.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-05-22 | Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-2217-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2014-05-16 | Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing a security update. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2014-088.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2014-05-23 13:23:57 |
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| 2014-05-21 21:22:24 |
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