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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : python-reportlab (SUSE-SU-2023:4048-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 183016

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4048-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2019-19450: Fixed an issue which allowed remote code execution via start_unichar in paraparser.py evaluating untrusted user input. (bsc#1215560)

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/1215560

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19450

http://www.nessus.org/u?89290221

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 183016

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4048-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/13/2023

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: 4.9

Percentile: 57.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-19450

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-19450

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4048-1