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
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
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