MGASA-2018-0497

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    MGASA-2018-0497

    Published: 31 Dec 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-19787

    Summary: Updated python-lxml packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: An issue was discovered in lxml before 4.2.5. lxml/html/clean.py in the lxml.html.clean module does not remove javascript: URLs that use escaping, allowing a remote attacker to conduct XSS attacks, as demonstrated by "j a v a s c r i p t:" in Internet Explorer (CVE-2018-19787).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0497.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=24067, https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/3RVMDZTRGFNPQRD6MD74QL2A5IOBPFXQ/

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-lxml

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/python-lxml?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -4.2.5-1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
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    Availability
    None
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