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Debian LTS: Security Advisory for pyxdg (DLA-2727-1)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.1
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
2 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'pyxdg' package(s) announced via the DLA-2727-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that there was a code injection issue in PyXDG, a library used to locate freedesktop.org configuration/cache/etc. directories.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'pyxdg' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For Debian 9 'Stretch', this problem has been fixed in version 0.25-4+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your pyxdg packages.