USN-2217-1

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    USN-2217-1

    Published: 21 May 2014Last Modified: 10 Feb 2026

    Summary: lxml vulnerability

    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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2217-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3146

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: lxml

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.3.3-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    3.2.0-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High