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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8: RHSA-2020-0201-01 Important: Code Injection

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2020
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Python-reportlab security alert classified as critical. Explore specifics of the code injection flaw and the corresponding resolution.
An update for python-reportlab is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update important red hat enterprise linux code injection

References

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

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source: python-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.src.rpm
ppc64le: python-reportlab-debugsource-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm python3-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm python3-reportlab-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: python-reportlab-debugsource-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm python3-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm python3-reportlab-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0201-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0201
Issue date: 2020-01-22

Topic

An update for python-reportlab is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update important red hat enterprise linux code injection

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - ppc64le, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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

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