XML Injection Affecting python-reportlab-docs package, versions <0:2.5-11.el7_9


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.02% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-PYTHONREPORTLABDOCS-5960881
  • published12 Oct 2023
  • disclosed20 Sept 2023

Introduced: 20 Sep 2023

CVE-2019-19450  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-91  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:7 python-reportlab-docs to version 0:2.5-11.el7_9 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2023-5616.

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 Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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