The Debian python-rdflib-tools 4.2.2-1 package for RDFLib 4.2.2 has CLI tools that can load Python modules from the current working directory, allowing code injection, because "python -m" looks in this directory, as demonstrated by rdf2dot. This issue is specific to use of the debian/scripts directory.

The remote Debian 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2861 advisory.

  - The Debian python-rdflib-tools 4.2.2-1 package for RDFLib 4.2.2 has CLI tools that can load Python modules     from the current working directory, allowing code injection, because python -m looks in this directory,     as demonstrated by rdf2dot. This issue is specific to use of the debian/scripts directory. (CVE-2019-7653)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-4535-1 advisory.

    Gabriel Corona discovered that RDFLib did not properly load modules on the command-line. An attacker could     possibly use this issue to cause RDFLib to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2019-7653)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The CLI tools in python-rdflib-tools can load python modules found in the current directory. This happens because 'python -m' appends the current directory in the python path.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this problem has been fixed in version 4.1.2-3+deb8u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your rdflib packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
156333	Debian DLA-2861-1 : rdflib - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical
140754	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : RDFLib vulnerability (USN-4535-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
122929	Debian DLA-1717-1 : rdflib security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	critical

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