Debian Security Advisory
DSA-4663-1 python-reportlab -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 25 Apr 2020
- Affected Packages:
- python-reportlab
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 942763.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2019-17626. - More information:
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It was discovered that python-reportlab, a Python library to create PDF documents, is prone to a code injection vulnerability while parsing a color attribute. An attacker can take advantage of this flaw to execute arbitrary code if a specially crafted document is processed.
For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.3.0-2+deb9u1.
For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 3.5.13-1+deb10u1.
We recommend that you upgrade your python-reportlab packages.
For the detailed security status of python-reportlab please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-reportlab