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?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0 Unknown 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

{
    "availability":  "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "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"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

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

source

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