UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8557

The FontManager.getnixfontpath 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pygments

Package

Name: pygments
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pygments@1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.6+dfsg-1

1.6+dfsg-1build1

1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-pygments",
            "binary_version": "1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-pygments",
            "binary_version": "1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8557.json"