| Name | CVE-2024-39705 |
| Description | NLTK through 3.8.1 allows remote code execution if untrusted packages have pickled Python code, and the integrated data package download functionality is used. This affects, for example, averaged_perceptron_tagger and punkt. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1074423 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| nltk (PTS) | bullseye | 3.5-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 3.8-1 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 3.8.1-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| nltk | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1074423 |
Notes
[bookworm] - nltk <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when addressed upstream)
[bullseye] - nltk <postponed> (Minor issue, revisit when addressed upstream)
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/issues/3266
https://github.com/nltk/nltk/issues/2522