Audit Linux privileges now to limit compromise, escalation, and system-wide damage. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 418
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 418

RedHat RHSA-2020-0197-01 Important: Python-ReportLab Code Injection

red hat
Calendar Grey January 21, 2020
Scroller Redhat
Oracle has announced a patch for java-xml that remedies a severe buffer overflow vulnerability in their cloud infrastructure.
An update for python-reportlab is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

Python-reportlab is a library used for generation of PDF documents.
Security Fix(es):
* python-reportlab: code injection in colors.py allows attacker to execute code (CVE-2019-17626)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat code injection important issue python-reportlab

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17626 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6):
Source: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.src.rpm
i386: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.3-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.3-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6):
noarch: python-reportlab-docs-2.3-3.el6_10.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6):
Source: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.src.rpm
i386: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.3-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
ppc64: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.ppc64.rpm python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.3-3.el6_10.1.ppc64.rpm
x86_64: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.3-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6):
noarch: python-reportlab-docs-2.3-3.el6_10.1.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6):
Source: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.src.rpm
i386: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.3-3.el6_10.1.i686.rpm
x86_64: python-reportlab-2.3-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.3-3.el6_10.1.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6):
noarch: python-reportlab-docs-2.3-3.el6_10.1.noarch.rpm


Read the Full Advisory


Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0197-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0197
Issue date: 2020-01-21

Topic

An update for python-reportlab is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 6.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory red hat code injection important issue python-reportlab

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) - i386, ppc64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) - noarch

Bugs Fixed

1769661 - CVE-2019-17626 python-reportlab: code injection in colors.py allows attacker to execute code

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.