SB2021112922 - SUSE update for python-Pygments
Published: November 29, 2021
Security Bulletin ID
SB2021112922
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-27291)
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.