USN-7128-1: Pygments vulnerability
Publication date
26 November 2024
Overview
Pygments could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Releases
Packages
- pygments - Generic syntax highlighter
Details
Sebastian Chnelik discovered that Pygments had an inefficient regex query
for analyzing certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service.
Sebastian Chnelik discovered that Pygments had an inefficient regex query
for analyzing certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause a denial of service.
Update instructions
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Learn more about how to get the fixes.The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
| Ubuntu Release | Package Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 22.04 jammy | python3-pygments – 2.11.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 | ||
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