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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-19450: Security patch for python-reportlab (ALAS-2023-2285)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2019-19450: Security patch for python-reportlab (ALAS-2023-2285)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/20/2023
Created
10/06/2023
Added
10/06/2023
Modified
10/06/2023

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)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-reportlab
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-reportlab-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-python-reportlab-docs

References

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