Rocky Linux 8 : python-pillow (RLSA-2024:3005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 200615

Synopsis

The remote Rocky Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2024:3005 advisory.

* python-pillow: uncontrolled resource consumption when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument (CVE-2023-44271)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Rocky 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 affected packages.

See Also

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2024:3005

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2247820

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 200615

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2024-3005.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Published: 6/14/2024

Updated: 6/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pillow-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-pillow-doc, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-pillow-devel, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-pillow-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-pillow-tk-debuginfo, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:8, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python-pillow-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-pillow-tk, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:python3-pillow

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44271