Important: python-reportlab

Issue Overview:

paraparser in ReportLab before 3.5.31 allows remote code execution because start_unichar in paraparser.py evaluates untrusted user input in a unichar element in a crafted XML document with ‘<unichar code="’ followed by arbitrary Python code, a similar issue to CVE-2019-17626. (CVE-2019-19450)

Affected Packages:

python-reportlab

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-reportlab to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    python-reportlab-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    python-reportlab-docs-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
    python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    python-reportlab-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    python-reportlab-docs-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.i686  
    python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.i686  
  
src:  
    python-reportlab-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.src  
  
x86_64:  
    python-reportlab-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    python-reportlab-docs-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  
    python-reportlab-debuginfo-2.5-10.amzn2.0.1.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2019-19450

Mitre: CVE-2019-19450