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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : python-reportlab (SUSE-SU-2021:3209-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153614

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLES12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2021:3209-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2020-28463: Fixed Server-side Request Forgery via img tags (bsc#1182503).
 - Add missing import in CVE-2020-28463 fix (bsc#1190110).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE 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 python-reportlab package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1182503

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1190110

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-28463

http://www.nessus.org/u?6cf69e5d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153614

File Name: suse_SU-2021-3209-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/24/2021

Updated: 6/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, tenable_cloud_security, tenable_self_hosted_container_security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-28463

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Threat Score: 5.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python-reportlab

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/23/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-28463

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2021:3209-1