1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4273-1

USN-4273-1: ReportLab vulnerability

Publication date

6 February 2020

Overview

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

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain XML documents.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially
crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that ReportLab incorrectly handled certain XML documents.
If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially
crafted document, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
19.10 eoan python-reportlab –  3.5.23-1ubuntu0.1
python3-reportlab –  3.5.23-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic python-reportlab –  3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1
python3-reportlab –  3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1
16.04 xenial python-reportlab –  3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1
python3-reportlab –  3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1

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