USN-7128-1: Pygments vulnerability
26 November 2024
Pygments could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- pygments - Generic syntax highlighter
Details
Sebastian Chnelik discovered that Pygments had an inefficient regex query
for analyzing certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.