NLTK vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
NLTK could be made to overwrite files.
Software Description
Mike Salvatore discovered that NLTK mishandled crafted ZIP archives during extraction. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
python-nltk - 3.4-1ubuntu0.1
python3-nltk - 3.4-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
python-nltk - 3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
python3-nltk - 3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
python-nltk - 3.1-1ubuntu0.1
python3-nltk - 3.1-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
NLTK could be made to overwrite files.
Software Description
- nltk - Python libraries for natural language processing
Mike Salvatore discovered that NLTK mishandled crafted ZIP archives during extraction. A remote attacker could use this vulnerability to write arbitrary files to the filesystem
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.04
python-nltk - 3.4-1ubuntu0.1
python3-nltk - 3.4-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
python-nltk - 3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
python3-nltk - 3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
python-nltk - 3.1-1ubuntu0.1
python3-nltk - 3.1-1ubuntu0.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...
