Debian dsa-5791 : python-reportlab-doc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 208931

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5791 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5791-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff October 13, 2024 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package : python-reportlab CVE ID : CVE-2023-33733

Elyas Damej discovered that a sandbox mechanism in ReportLab, a Python library to create PDF documents, could be bypassed which may result in the execution of arbitrary code when converting malformed HTML to a PDF document.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), this problem has been fixed in version 3.6.12-1+deb12u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-reportlab packages.

For the detailed security status of python-reportlab please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-reportlab

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the python-reportlab-doc packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208931

File Name: debian_DSA-5791.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 10/13/2024

Updated: 10/13/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33733

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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:debian:debian_linux:python3-renderpm, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-reportlab-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-reportlab-accel, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-reportlab

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33733

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