Mageia 2021-0114: python-pygments security update

Date 05 Mar 2021

Category Mageia Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

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Posted By LinuxSecurity Advisories

Infinite loop in SML lexer may lead to DoS. When the SMLLexer gets fed the string "exception" it seems to loop indefinitely (rhbz#1922136). References: - https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28319

MGASA-2021-0114 - Updated python-pygments packages fix a security vulnerability

Publication date: 05 Mar 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0114.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7, 8

Infinite loop in SML lexer may lead to DoS. When the SMLLexer gets fed the
string "exception" it seems to loop indefinitely (rhbz#1922136).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28319
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it./thread/TWY26NY4DBGDCUICGQT3I432Y5LZWS2U/

SRPMS:
- 8/core/python-pygments-2.7.4-1.1.mga8
- 7/core/python-pygments-2.3.1-1.1.mga7