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Debian dsa-6219 : python-pil-doc - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 307509

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 13 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-6219 advisory.

 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6219-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff April 19, 2026 https://www.debian.org/security/faq
 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------

 Package : pillow CVE ID : CVE-2026-40192

 It was discovered that missing input sanitising in the FITS support of Pillow, a Python imaging library, could result in denial of service.

 The oldstable distribution (bookworm) is not affected.

 For the stable distribution (trixie), this problem has been fixed in version 11.1.0-5+deb13u2.

 We recommend that you upgrade your pillow packages.

 For the detailed security status of pillow please refer to its security tracker page at:
 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/pillow

 Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

 Mailing list: [email protected]

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian 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

Upgrade the python-pil-doc packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/pillow

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40192

https://packages.debian.org/source/trixie/pillow

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 307509

File Name: debian_DSA-6219.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/19/2026

Updated: 4/19/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-40192

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-pil, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-pil-doc, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:13.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python3-pil.imagetk

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/19/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-40192