python-reportlab vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
ReportLab could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain XML documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
python-reportlab - 3.5.23-1ubuntu0.1
python3-reportlab - 3.5.23-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
python-reportlab - 3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1
python3-reportlab - 3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
python-reportlab - 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
python3-reportlab - 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
ReportLab could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Software Description
- python-reportlab - library to create PDF documents
It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain XML documents. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
python-reportlab - 3.5.23-1ubuntu0.1
python3-reportlab - 3.5.23-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
python-reportlab - 3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1
python3-reportlab - 3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
python-reportlab - 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
python3-reportlab - 3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...
