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Alma Linux: CVE-2019-19450: Important: python-reportlab security update (ALSA-2023-5790)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2019-19450: Important: python-reportlab security update (ALSA-2023-5790)

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/20/2023
Created
10/24/2023
Added
10/23/2023
Modified
01/30/2025

Description

paraparser in ReportLab before 3.5.31 allows remote code execution because start_unichar in paraparser.py evaluates untrusted user input in a unichar element in a crafted XML document with '<unichar code="' followed by arbitrary Python code, a similar issue to CVE-2019-17626.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-python3-reportlab

References

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