UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39705

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-39705
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39705.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39705
Upstream
Published
2024-06-27T22:15:00Z
Modified
2026-05-26T07:30:12Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

NLTK through 3.8.1 allows remote code execution if untrusted packages have pickled Python code, and the integrated data package download functionality is used. This affects, for example, averaged_perceptron_tagger and punkt.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
nltk

Package

Name
nltk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nltk?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.5-1
3.6.5-1
3.6.7-1
3.7-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.7-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39705.json"
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
nltk

Package

Name
nltk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nltk?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.8.1-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.8.1-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39705.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
nltk

Package

Name
nltk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nltk?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.0~b9-0ubuntu4
2.0~b9-0ubuntu4.1~esm2
2.0~b9-0ubuntu4.1~esm4
2.0~b9-0ubuntu4.1~esm5
2.0~b9-0ubuntu4.1~esm6

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-nltk",
            "binary_version": "2.0~b9-0ubuntu4.1~esm6"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39705.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
nltk

Package

Name
nltk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nltk?arch=source&distro=esm-apps-legacy%2Fxenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.0.4-1
3.0.5-1
3.1-1
3.1-1ubuntu0.1
3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39705.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
nltk

Package

Name
nltk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nltk?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fbionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.2.4-1
3.2.5-1
3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1+esm1
3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1+esm2
3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1+esm3
3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1+esm4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1+esm4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1+esm4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39705.json"
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
nltk

Package

Name
nltk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nltk?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Ffocal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

3.*
3.4.5-1
3.4.5-2
3.4.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
3.4.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm2
3.4.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm3
3.4.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.4.5-2ubuntu0.1~esm4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2024/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-39705.json"