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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-17626

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 '

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 python-reportlab

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.34-1"}]}]

Debian:13 python-reportlab

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.34-1"}]}]

Debian:14 python-reportlab

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.5.34-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org