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Red Hat: RHSA-2020-0230-01 Important: python-reportlab Code Injection

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Calendar Grey January 27, 2020
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A critical security patch for python-reportlab resolves a severe code injection vulnerability on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
An update for python-reportlab is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions

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 Red Hat code injection important update 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 AppStream E4S (v. 8.0):
Source: python-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.src.rpm
ppc64le: python-reportlab-debugsource-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.ppc64le.rpm python3-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.ppc64le.rpm python3-reportlab-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64: python-reportlab-debugsource-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.x86_64.rpm python3-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.x86_64.rpm python3-reportlab-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.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/


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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0230-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0230
Issue date: 2020-01-27

Topic

An update for python-reportlab is now available for Red Hat EnterpriseLinux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.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 Red Hat code injection important update python-reportlab

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) - 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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