CVE-2019-12761
N/A
N/A
Summary
A code injection issue was discovered in PyXDG before 0.26 via crafted Python code in a Category element of a Menu XML document in a .menu file. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS must be set up to trigger xdg.Menu.parse parsing within the directory containing this file. This is due to a lack of sanitization in xdg/Menu.py before an eval call.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- https://gist.github.com/dhondta/b45cd41f4186110a354dc7272916feba
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYXDG-174562
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00006.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00003.html
References
- https://gist.github.com/dhondta/b45cd41f4186110a354dc7272916feba
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PYXDG-174562
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/06/msg00006.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/08/msg00003.html
Feedback
Was this page helpful?
Glad to hear it! Please tell us how we can improve.
Sorry to hear that. Please tell us how we can improve.