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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1mZmY4LTR3OXAtN3Y3Ns4AAbau

Command Injection in Pygments

The FontManager._get_nix_font_path function in formatters/img.py in Pygments 1.2.2 through 2.0.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a font name.

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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Critical
Classification: General
Published: almost 2 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago

CVSS Score: 9.0
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Identifiers: GHSA-fff8-4w9p-7v76, CVE-2015-8557
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8557
• https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/pygments-main/pull-requests/501/fix-shell-injection-in/diff
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-05
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/133823/Pygments-FontManager._get_nix_font_path-Shell-Injection.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Oct/4
• http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3445
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/17
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/14/6
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2862-1
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fff8-4w9p-7v76
• https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pygments/PYSEC-2016-32.yaml
• https://github.com/pygments/pygments/commit/db6dd826f8624179e563aaded391efe824462f51

Repository: https://bitbucket.org/birkenfeld/pygments-main
Blast Radius: 43.6

Affected Packages