USN-4204-1.json

{
  "id": "USN-4204-1",
  "summary": "python-psutil vulnerability",
  "details": "Riccardo Schirone discovered that psutil incorrectly handled certain\nreference counting operations. An attacker could use this issue to cause\npsutil to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute\narbitrary code.\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "related": [
    "CVE-2019-18874"
  ],
  "published": "2019-11-28T12:44:01.148489Z",
  "modified": "2019-11-28T12:44:01.148489Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "python-psutil"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.4.2-1ubuntu0.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "python-psutil-doc": "5.4.2-1ubuntu0.1",
            "python-psutil": "5.4.2-1ubuntu0.1",
            "python3-psutil": "5.4.2-1ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription needed"
      }
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "python-psutil"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.4.2-1ubuntu0.1"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "python-psutil-doc": "3.4.2-1ubuntu0.1",
            "python-psutil": "3.4.2-1ubuntu0.1",
            "python3-psutil": "3.4.2-1ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription needed"
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4204-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-18874"
    }
  ]
}