Executive Summary



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Summary
Title lxml vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-3841-2 First vendor Publication 2018-12-10
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-12-10
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 12.04 ESM

Summary:

lxml could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

Software Description: - lxml: pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries

Details:

USN-3841-1 fixed a vulnerability in lxml. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

テつ It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain HTML files. テつ An attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cross-site テつ scripting (XSS) attacks.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM: テつ python-lxmlテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 2.3.2-1ubuntu0.3 テつ python3-lxmlテつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ テつ 2.3.2-1ubuntu0.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References: テつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3841-2 テつ https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3841-1 テつ CVE-2018-19787

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3841-2

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-79 Failure to Preserve Web Page Structure ('Cross-site Scripting') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 95
Os 4
Os 1

Nessusツョ Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-4be0428ab2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2019-01-03 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2018-67e98d4b7a.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2018-12-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1604.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2018-12-31 21:21:49
  • Multiple Updates
2018-12-10 17:18:41
  • First insertion