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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202007-35 ] ReportLab: Arbitrary code execution
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2020 00:36:21
Message-Id: E2B4312D-4B66-4DCC-98B4-AA7108012DB1@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202007-35
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: ReportLab: Arbitrary code execution
9 Date: July 27, 2020
10 Bugs: #710738
11 ID: 202007-35
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability allowing arbitrary code execution was found in
19 ReportLab.
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21 Background
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24 ReportLab is an Open Source Python library for generating PDFs and
25 graphics.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 dev-python/reportlab < 3.5.42 >= 3.5.42
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35 Description
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38 ReportLab was found to be mishandling XML documents and may evaluate
39 the contents without checking for their safety.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the
45 privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All ReportLab users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/reportlab-3.5.42"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-17626
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17626
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-35
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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