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openSUSE 16 Security Update : python-Pillow (openSUSE-SU-2026:20831-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 318065

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:20831-1 advisory.

 This update for python-Pillow fixes the following issues

 - CVE-2026-42308: integer overflow in font processing can lead to denial of service (bsc#1265359).
 - CVE-2026-42309: heap buffer overflow when processing nested list coordinates (bsc#1265153).
 - CVE-2026-42310: infinite loop and resource exhaustion when processing specially crafted PDFs (bsc#1265154).

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python313-Pillow and / or python313-Pillow-tk packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265153

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265154

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265359

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42308

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42309

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42310

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 318065

File Name: openSUSE-2026-20831-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/1/2026

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42310

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:16.0, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-pillow-tk, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:python313-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: 5/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/4/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-42308, CVE-2026-42309, CVE-2026-42310