• ReportLab vulnerability

    From bugz_ubuntu@21:4/110 to Ubuntu Users on Thu Feb 6 21:10:08 2020
    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

    * CVE-2019-17626

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A43 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: BZ&BZ BBS (21:4/110)