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A python-reportlab security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.



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Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis: Important: python-reportlab security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0201-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:   https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0201
Issue date: 2020-01-22
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.

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 (v. 8) - 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 (v. 8):

Source:
python-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.src.rpm

ppc64le:
python-reportlab-debugsource-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm
python3-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm
python3-reportlab-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.ppc64le.rpm

x86_64:
python-reportlab-debugsource-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm
python3-reportlab-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.x86_64.rpm
python3-reportlab-debuginfo-3.4.0-6.el8_1.2.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 . More contact
details at   https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

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