Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. : Pillow vulnerability (USN-6744-3)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 194730

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-6744-3 advisory.

USN-6744-1 fixed a vulnerability in Pillow. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.



Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected python3-pil and / or python3-pil.imagetk packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6744-3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 194730

File Name: ubuntu_USN-6744-3.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/29/2024

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28219

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/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:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pil.imagetk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pil, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts.

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28219

USN: 6744-3