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SUSE SLES12 Security Update : python3-lxml (SUSE-SU-2022:3461-1)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 165581
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.Description
The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2022:3461-1 advisory.- CVE-2020-27783: Fixed XSS due to the use of improper parser (bsc#1179534).
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected python3-lxml package.See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1179534
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 165581
File Name: suse_SU-2022-3461-1.nasl
Version: 1.6
Type: Local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/30/2022
Updated: 6/25/2026
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.8
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-27783
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Threat Score: 2.1
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python3-lxml, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/29/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/3/2020
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-27783
SuSE: SUSE-SU-2022:3461-1