SB2020042262 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for python-bleach

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SB2020042262 - Fedora EPEL 8 update for python-bleach

Published: April 22, 2020 Updated: April 25, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2020042262
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6817)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when parsing style attrbitues. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted web page that can result in regular expression denial of service (ReDoS).


2) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6802)

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code via calling "bleach.clean" with "noscript" and a raw tag in the "allowed/whitelisted" tags option in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References