CVE-2019-17626
Published: 16 October 2019
ReportLab through 3.5.26 allows remote code execution because of toColor(eval(arg)) in colors.py, as demonstrated by a crafted XML document with '<span color="' followed by arbitrary Python code.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| leosilva |
the first commit in the bug, according to the comments doesn't fix the bug, also it breaks some tests. |
| mdeslaur |
the second commit uses a significant amount of code and may not be licensed correctly. See comment from Marek Kasik for minimal patch from Red Hat. |
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
python-reportlab
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Released
(3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1)
|
| disco |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
| eoan |
Released
(3.5.23-1ubuntu0.1)
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
| xenial |
Released
(3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1)
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 9.8 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |