USN-4700-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4700-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4700-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4700-1
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Related
Published
2021-01-19T14:29:18.608617Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:20Z
Summary
pyxdg vulnerability
Details

Alexandre D'Hondt discovered that PyXDG did not properly sanitize input. An attacker could exploit this with a crafted .menu file to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / pyxdg

Package

Name
pyxdg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyxdg@0.25-4ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.25-4ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1

Affected versions

0.*

0.25-3
0.25-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python-xdg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4ubuntu0.14.04.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-xdg"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4700-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-12761",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / pyxdg

Package

Name
pyxdg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyxdg@0.25-4ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.25-4ubuntu0.16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.25-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "python-xdg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4ubuntu0.16.04.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-xdg"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4700-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-12761",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / pyxdg

Package

Name
pyxdg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyxdg@0.25-4ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.25-4ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.25-4
0.25-4ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "python-xdg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4ubuntu1.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-xdg"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4700-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2019-12761",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "low"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS"
}