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USN-4897-2: Pygments vulnerabilities

14 August 2023

Pygments could be made to hang if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Details

USN-4897-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pygments. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

Ben Caller discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing certain
files. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing a specially
crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pygments to hang or consume
resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-27291)

It was discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing certain
files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service. (CVE-2021-20270)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-4885-1: python-pygments, pygments, python-pygments-doc, python3-pygments
  • USN-4897-1: python-pygments, pygments, python-pygments-doc, python3-pygments