QID 240259

Date Published: 2022-05-04

QID 240259: Red Hat Update for red hat software collections (RHSA-2022:1664)

lxml is an xml processing library providing access to libxml2 and libxslt libraries using the python elementtree api.

Security Fix(es):
  • python-lxml: html cleaner allows crafted and svg embedded scripts to pass through (cve-2021-43818)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat software collections (for rhel server) 1 for rhel 7 x86_64
  • Red Hat software collections (for rhel server for system z) 1 for rhel 7 s390x
  • Red Hat software collections (for rhel server for ibm power le) 1 for rhel 7 ppc64le
  • Red Hat software collections (for rhel workstation) 1 for rhel 7 x86_64



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Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to a security breach or could affect integrity, availability, and confidentiality.

  • CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.1 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.
    • Solution
    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2022:1664 for updates and patch information.
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 240259

    CVE-2021-43818 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2022:1664 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:1664
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