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Posted on 27 January 2020
RedHat===================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: python-reportlab security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0230-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0230
Issue date: 2020-01-27
CVE Names: CVE-2019-17626
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1. Summary:
An update for python-reportlab is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0) - ppc64le, x86_64
3. Description:
Python-reportlab is a library used for generation of PDF documents.
Security Fix(es):
* python-reportlab: code injection in colors.py allows attacker to execute
code (CVE-2019-17626)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1769661 - CVE-2019-17626 python-reportlab: code injection in colors.py allows attacker to execute code
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.0):
Source:
python-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.src.rpm
ppc64le:
python-reportlab-debugsource-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.ppc64le.rpm
python3-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.ppc64le.rpm
python3-reportlab-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.ppc64le.rpm
x86_64:
python-reportlab-debugsource-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.x86_64.rpm
python3-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.x86_64.rpm
python3-reportlab-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.el8_0.2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-17626
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>. More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
Copyright 2020 Red Hat, Inc.
