Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-6196-1 Critical: ReportLab Code Execution

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July 3, 2023

ReportLab could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

ReportLab could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it

opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- python-reportlab: library to create PDF documents

Details:

It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain PDF files.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Topics Covered

security advisory critical arbitrary code execution Ubuntu python-reportlab

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 23.04:
  python3-reportlab               3.6.12-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.10:
  python3-reportlab               3.6.11-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  python3-reportlab               3.6.8-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  python3-reportlab               3.5.34-1ubuntu1.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.