Risk | High |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2019-17626 |
CWE-ID | CWE-91 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. |
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Gentoo Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system |
Vendor | Gentoo |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU24685
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1: 8.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17626
CWE-ID:
CWE-91 - XML Injection
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to the affected software does not properly handle user-supplied XML files within the "toColor(eval(arg))" in colors.py. A remote unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
PoC:
<myroot> <label>hello-world</label> <row1> <html> <span color="open('/tmp/colors_poc.txt','wb').write('hello world!')">abcdef</span> </html> </row1> </myroot>Mitigation
Update the affected packages.
dev-python/reportlab to version: 3.5.42
Gentoo Linux: All versions
External linkshttp://security.gentoo.org/
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202007-35
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.