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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7128-1
November 26, 2024
pygments vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
Summary:
Pygments could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.
Software Description:
- 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.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  python3-pygments                2.11.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7128-1
  CVE-2022-40896
Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pygments/2.11.2+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1