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
Source: ubuntu-usn
