UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17626

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-17626
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17626.json
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https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-17626
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Published
2019-10-16T12:15:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:45:38Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / python-reportlab

Package

Name
python-reportlab
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-reportlab@3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.2.0-1build1
3.2.0-1build2
3.3.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-renderpm",
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-reportlab",
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-reportlab-accel",
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-renderpm",
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-reportlab",
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-reportlab-accel",
            "binary_version": "3.3.0-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / python-reportlab

Package

Name
python-reportlab
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-reportlab@3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.0-3build1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-renderpm",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-reportlab",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python-reportlab-accel",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-renderpm",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-reportlab",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-reportlab-accel",
            "binary_version": "3.4.0-3ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}