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Fedora 32 : python-cairosvg (2021-8537865fb5)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145178

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Fedora 32 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2021-8537865fb5 advisory.

 - security fix for GHSA-hq37-853p-g5cf: Regular Expression Denial of Service (REDoS), rated as moderate severity published 17 hours ago by liZe (FEDORA-2021-8537865fb5)

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 python-cairosvg package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2021-8537865fb5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145178

File Name: fedora_2021-8537865fb5.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/20/2021

Updated: 4/12/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:32, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:python-cairosvg

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/7/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/7/2021

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