CentOS 6 : python-reportlab (CESA-2020:0197)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133313

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for python-reportlab is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Python-reportlab is a library used for generation of PDF documents.

Security Fix(es) :

* python-reportlab: code injection in colors.py allows attacker to execute code (CVE-2019-17626)

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.

Solution

Update the affected python-reportlab packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?3ffbe292

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133313

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-0197.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/30/2020

Updated: 3/28/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-17626

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-reportlab, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-reportlab-docs, cpe:/o:centos:centos:6

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-17626

RHSA: 2020:0197