SUSE update for python-Pygments

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU51776

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [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/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27291

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources within the application. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package python-Pygments to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud: 12

python3-Pygments: before 2.4.2-10.7.1

python-Pygments: before 2.4.2-10.7.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_module_for_public_cloud:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:python3-pygments:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:python-pygments:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2021/suse-su-20213814-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.