lxml: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202208-06

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in lxml, the worst of which could result in denial of service.

Affected packages

dev-python/lxml on all architectures
Affected versions < 4.9.1
Unaffected versions >= 4.9.1

Background

lxml is a Pythonic binding for the libxml2 and libxslt libraries.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in lxml. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All lxml users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/lxml-4.9.1"
 

References

Release date
August 10, 2022

Latest revision
August 10, 2022: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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