[Python-modules-team] Bug#892252: src:python-bleach: URI values with character entities not properly sanitized

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Control: retitle -1 python-bleach: CVE-2018-7753: URI values with character entities not properly sanitized

Hi Scott,

On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 02:09:14AM -0500, Scott Kitterman wrote:
> Package: src:python-bleach
> Version: 2.1.2-1
> Severity: important
> Tags: upstream, security
> 
> 
> Version 2.1.3 (March 5th, 2018)
> -------------------------------
> 
> **Security fixes**
> 
> * Attributes that have URI values weren't properly sanitized if the
>   values contained character entities. Using character entities, it
>   was possible to construct a URI value with a scheme that was not
>   allowed that would slide through unsanitized.
> 
>   This security issue was introduced in Bleach 2.1. Anyone using
> Bleach 2.1 is highly encouraged to upgrade.

FTR, this issue was assigned CVE-2018-7753 by MITRE.

Regards,
Salvatore