CVE-2019-12761 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2019-12761: A code injection issue was discovered in PyXDG before 0.26 via crafted Python code in a Category element of a Menu XML document in a .menu file. XDG_CONFIG_DIRS must be set up to trigger xdg.Menu.parse parsing within the directory containing this file. This is due to a lack of sanitization in xdg/Me

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2019-12761 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pyxdg→ fixed in0.26-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pyxdg

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pyxdg→ fixed in0.26-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pyxdg

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

pyxdg→ fixed in0.26-1urgency: low

sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y pyxdg

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