USN-4855-1

It was discovered that IPython did not properly sanitize certain input. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted notebook file, a remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / ipython

Package

Name: ipython
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/ipython@2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2

Affected versions

2.*

2.3.0-2ubuntu1

2.3.0-2ubuntu2

2.4.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "ipython",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ipython-notebook",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ipython-notebook-common",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ipython-qtconsole",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ipython3",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ipython3-notebook",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "ipython3-qtconsole",
            "binary_version": "2.4.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm2"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2018-8768",
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4855-1.json"