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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-8557: Vulnerability in Pygments

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2015-8557: Vulnerability in Pygments

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

The FontManager._get_nix_font_path function in formatters/img.py in Pygments 1.2.2 through 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a font name.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-pygments-1-6-0-175-3-5-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-pygments-26-1-6-0-175-3-5-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-pygments-27-1-6-0-175-3-5-0-4-0
  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-library-python-pygments-34-1-6-0-175-3-5-0-4-0

References

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