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Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3150-1                debian-lts@lists.debian.org
https://www.debian.org/lts/security/                      Sylvain Beucler
October 12, 2022                              https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
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Package        : rexical
Version        : 1.0.5-2+deb10u1
CVE ID         : CVE-2019-5477
Debian Bug     : 940905

A command injection vulnerability was found in Rexical, a lexical
scanner generator for the Ruby programming language. Processes are
vulnerable only if the undocumented method
`Nokogiri::CSS::Tokenizer#load_file` is being called with unsafe user
input as the filename. This vulnerability appears in code generated by
the Rexical gem.

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
1.0.5-2+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rexical packages.

For the detailed security status of rexical please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/rexical

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Debian LTS: DLA-3150-1: rexical security update

October 12, 2022
A command injection vulnerability was found in Rexical, a lexical scanner generator for the Ruby programming language

Summary

For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
1.0.5-2+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rexical packages.

For the detailed security status of rexical please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/rexical

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


Severity
Package : rexical
Version : 1.0.5-2+deb10u1
CVE ID : CVE-2019-5477
Debian Bug : 940905

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