ReportLab: Arbitrary code execution A vulnerability allowing arbitrary code execution was found in ReportLab. reportlab 2020-07-27 2020-07-27 710738 remote 3.5.42 3.5.42

ReportLab is an Open Source Python library for generating PDFs and graphics.

ReportLab was found to be mishandling XML documents and may evaluate the contents without checking for their safety.

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or cause a Denial of Service condition.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All ReportLab users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/reportlab-3.5.42"
CVE-2019-17626 b-man sam_c