USN-4896-2: lxml vulnerability
8 April 2021
lxml could allow cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Releases
Packages
- lxml - pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries
Details
USN-4896-1 fixed a vulnerability in lxml. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that lxml incorrectly handled certain HTML attributes. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform cross-site
scripting (XSS) attacks.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4896-1: python-lxml, python-lxml-doc, lxml, python3-lxml