ALAS2-2023-2285

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-19450  

paraparser in ReportLab before 3.5.31 allows remote code execution because start_unichar in paraparser.py evaluates untrusted user input in a unichar element in a crafted XML document with '<unichar code="' followed by arbitrary Python code, a similar issue to CVE-2019-17626. (CVE-2019-19450)

ALAS2-2023-2285


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2285
Advisory Release Date: 2023-09-27 22:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-10-05 22:20 Pacific
Severity: Important

Issue Overview:

paraparser in ReportLab before 3.5.31 allows remote code execution because start_unichar in paraparser.py evaluates untrusted user input in a unichar element in a crafted XML document with '<unichar code="' followed by arbitrary Python code, a similar issue to CVE-2019-17626. (CVE-2019-19450)


Affected Packages:

python-reportlab


Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-reportlab to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    python-reportlab-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    python-reportlab-docs-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64
    python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64

i686:
    python-reportlab-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.i686
    python-reportlab-docs-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.i686
    python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.i686

src:
    python-reportlab-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.src

x86_64:
    python-reportlab-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    python-reportlab-docs-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64
    python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64