USN-3841-1: lxml vulnerability
10 December 2018
lxml could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Releases
Packages
- lxml - pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries
Details
It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain HTML files.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to conduct cross-site scripting
(XSS) attacks.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3841-2: python-lxml, lxml, python3-lxml