Use of Externally-Controlled Format String Affecting jinja2 package, versions <2.8-1ubuntu0.1
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- published8 Apr 2019
- disclosed8 Apr 2019
Introduced: 8 Apr 2019
CVE-2016-10745 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 jinja2 to version 2.8-1ubuntu0.1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream jinja2 package and not the jinja2 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.
In Pallets Jinja before 2.8.1, str.format allows a sandbox escape.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-10745
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10745
- https://github.com/pallets/jinja/commit/9b53045c34e61013dc8f09b7e52a555fa16bed16
- https://palletsprojects.com/blog/jinja-281-released/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00030.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3964
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4062
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1022
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1237
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1260
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00064.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4011-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4011-2/