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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-8557: Pygments: Arbitrary code execution

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2015-8557: Pygments: Arbitrary code execution

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
01/08/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
12/23/2024

Description

The FontManager._get_nix_font_path 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.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-python-pygments

References

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