USN-2862-1: Pygments vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2862-1

7th January, 2016

pygments vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:

Ubuntu 15.10
Ubuntu 15.04
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Pygments could be made to crash or run programs if it processed a specially
crafted font request.

Software description

pygments
– syntax highlighting package written in Python

Details

It was discovered that Pygments incorrectly sanitized strings used to
search system fonts. An 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 version:

Ubuntu 15.10:: python3-pygments

2.0.1+dfsg-1.1svn1.1; python-pygments

2.0.1+dfsg-1.1svn1.1
Ubuntu 15.04:: python3-pygments

2.0.1+dfsg-1svn1.1; python-pygments

2.0.1+dfsg-1svn1.1
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:: python3-pygments

1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1; python-pygments

1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:: python3-pygments

1.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1; python-pygments

1.4+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

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

CVE-2015-8557

Source: ubuntu-usn

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