RHEL 6 : python-imaging (RHSA-2020:0898)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134832

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:0898 advisory.

The Python Imaging Library (PIL) adds image processing capabilities to your Python interpreter. This library provides extensive file format support, an efficient internal representation, and powerful image processing capabilities.

Security Fix(es):

* python-pillow: improperly restricted operations on memory buffer in libImaging/PcxDecode.c (CVE-2020-5312)

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-imaging package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:0898.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134832

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-0898.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 3/23/2020

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: 5.9

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5312

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-imaging-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-imaging, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-imaging-sane, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:python-imaging-tk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/3/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-5312

CWE: 119

RHSA: 2020:0898

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