USN-4273-1: ReportLab vulnerability
python-reportlab vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
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
Details
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
Source: USN-4273-1: ReportLab vulnerability
