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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 / openSUSE 15 Security Update : python-Pillow (SUSE-SU-2023:4528-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 186233

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED15 / SLED_SAP15 / SLES15 / SLES_SAP15 / openSUSE 15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:4528-1 advisory.

 - CVE-2023-44271: Fixed uncontrolled resource consumption when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument (bsc#1216894).

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 python311-Pillow and / or python311-Pillow-tk packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1216894

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-44271

http://www.nessus.org/u?7d47860f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 186233

File Name: suse_SU-2023-4528-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/24/2023

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-pillow-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:python311-pillow

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: 11/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44271

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:4528-1