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Debian 11: DSA-5791-1 Moderate Security Flaw in ReportLab Affects PDFs

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Calendar Grey October 13, 2024
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Enhance python-reportlab to address vulnerabilities permitting code execution in PDF generation, mitigating sandbox bypass risks.
Elyas Damej discovered that a sandbox mechanism in ReportLab, a Python library to create PDF documents, could be bypassed which may result in the execution of arbitrary code when c...

Summary

Elyas Damej discovered that a sandbox mechanism in ReportLab, a Python
library to create PDF documents, could be bypassed which may result in
the execution of arbitrary code when converting malformed HTML to a PDF
document.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in
version 3.6.12-1+deb12u1.

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/source-package/python-reportlab

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: python-reportlab
CVE ID: CVE-2023-33733

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