RHEL 8 : python-reportlab (RHSA-2020:0201)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133189

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for python-reportlab.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0201 advisory.

Python-reportlab is a library used for generation of PDF documents.

Security Fix(es):

* python-reportlab: code injection in colors.py allows attacker to execute code (CVE-2019-17626)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the RHEL python-reportlab package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:0201.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e4c35c06

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0201

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1769661

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133189

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-0201.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17626

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-reportlab, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.1, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python3-reportlab, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17626

CWE: 95

RHSA: 2020:0201