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CentOS 8 : python-reportlab (CESA-2023:5790)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 190160

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2023:5790 advisory.

 - paraparser in ReportLab before 3.5.31 allows remote code execution because start_unichar in paraparser.py evaluates untrusted user input in a unichar element in a crafted XML document with '<unichar code=' followed by arbitrary Python code, a similar issue to CVE-2019-17626. (CVE-2019-19450)

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 affected python3-reportlab package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:5790

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 190160

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2023-5790.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/8/2024

Updated: 2/8/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19450

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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python3-reportlab

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19450

RHSA: 2023:5790