USN-6153-1: Jupyter Core vulnerability

Publication date

12 June 2023

Overview

Jupyter Core could be made to run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • jupyter-core - Core common functionality of Jupyter projects (tools)

Details

It was discovered that Jupyter Core executed untrusted files in the current
working directory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code.

It was discovered that Jupyter Core executed untrusted files in the current
working directory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
22.10 kinetic python3-jupyter-core –  4.11.1-1ubuntu0.22.10.1
22.04 jammy python3-jupyter-core –  4.9.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 focal python3-jupyter-core –  4.6.3-3ubuntu0.1~esm1  
18.04 bionic python3-jupyter-core –  4.4.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
python-jupyter-core –  4.4.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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