USN-4897-2

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    USN-4897-2

    Published: 14 Aug 2023Last Modified: 29 Jun 2026

    Summary: pygments vulnerabilities

    Details: USN-4897-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pygments. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Original advisory details: Ben Caller discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing certain files. If a user or automated system were tricked into parsing a specially crafted file, a remote attacker could cause Pygments to hang or consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2021-27291) It was discovered that Pygments incorrectly handled parsing certain files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2021-20270)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4897-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20270, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-27291

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pygments

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/pygments?arch=source&distro=trusty%2Fesm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.6+dfsg-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
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    Availability
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