Eval Injection Affecting python-reportlab-docs package, versions <0:2.3-3.el6_10.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.23% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-PYTHONREPORTLABDOCS-2159587
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 Oct 2019

Introduced: 16 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-17626  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-95  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 python-reportlab-docs to version 0:2.3-3.el6_10.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-reportlab-docs package and not the python-reportlab-docs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1