Eval Injection Affecting python3-reportlab package, versions <0:3.4.0-6.el8_1.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
10.23% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-PYTHON3REPORTLAB-3633955
  • 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 RHEL:8 python3-reportlab to version 0:3.4.0-6.el8_1.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:0201.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-reportlab package and not the python3-reportlab package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 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

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