USN-7216-1: tqdm vulnerability

16 January 2025

tqdm could be made to crash or to allow arbitary code execution if it received specially crafted input.

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Releases

Packages

  • tqdm - fast, extensible progress bar for Python 3 and CLI tool

Details

It was discovered that tqdm did not properly sanitize non-boolean CLI
Arguments. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code on the host. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. (CVE-2024-34062)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04

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

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