USN-5701-1: Jinja2 vulnerability

26 October 2022

Jinja2 could be made to hang if it received specially crafted input.

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Yeting Li discovered that Jinja2 incorrectly handled certain inputs.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.

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

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

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