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Oracle Linux 7 : python-pillow (ELSA-2024-0345)

high Nessus Plugin ID 189380

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2024-0345 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in Pillow before 10.0.0. It is a Denial of Service that uncontrollably allocates memory to process a given task, potentially causing a service to crash by having it run out of memory.
 This occurs for truetype in ImageFont when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument. (CVE-2023-44271)

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 packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2024-0345.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 189380

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2024-0345.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/23/2024

Updated: 1/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7:9:patch, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::latest, cpe:/a:oracle:linux:7::optional_latest, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-pillow, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-pillow-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-pillow-doc, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-pillow-qt, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-pillow-sane, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:python-pillow-tk

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/23/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44271