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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2020.0449
                    USN-4273-1: ReportLab vulnerability
                              7 February 2020

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           python-reportlab
Publisher:         Ubuntu
Operating System:  Ubuntu
Impact/Access:     Execute Arbitrary Code/Commands -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:         CVE-2019-17626  

Reference:         ESB-2020.0425
                   ESB-2020.0329
                   ESB-2020.0306
                   ESB-2020.0231

Original Bulletin: 
   https://usn.ubuntu.com/4273-1/

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USN-4273-1: ReportLab vulnerability
6 February 2020

python-reportlab vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  o Ubuntu 19.10
  o Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  o Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

ReportLab could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially
crafted file.

Software Description

  o 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

  o CVE-2019-17626

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