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Posted on 15 November 2022
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Moderate: python-lxml security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:8226-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:8226
Issue date: 2022-11-15
CVE Names: CVE-2022-2309
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1. Summary:
An update for python-lxml is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which
gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from
the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
lxml is an XML processing library providing access to libxml2 and libxslt
libraries using the Python ElementTree API.
Security Fix(es):
* lxml: NULL Pointer Dereference in lxml (CVE-2022-2309)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 9.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
2107571 - CVE-2022-2309 lxml: NULL Pointer Dereference in lxml
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9):
Source:
python-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.src.rpm
aarch64:
python-lxml-debugsource-4.6.5-3.el9.aarch64.rpm
python3-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.aarch64.rpm
python3-lxml-debuginfo-4.6.5-3.el9.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
python-lxml-debugsource-4.6.5-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm
python3-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm
python3-lxml-debuginfo-4.6.5-3.el9.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
python-lxml-debugsource-4.6.5-3.el9.s390x.rpm
python3-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.s390x.rpm
python3-lxml-debuginfo-4.6.5-3.el9.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
python-lxml-debugsource-4.6.5-3.el9.x86_64.rpm
python3-lxml-4.6.5-3.el9.x86_64.rpm
python3-lxml-debuginfo-4.6.5-3.el9.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-2309
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/9/html/9.1_release_notes/index
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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