SB2021050645 - openEuler 20.03 LTS SP1 update for python-pygments

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SB2021050645 - openEuler 20.03 LTS SP1 update for python-pygments

Published: May 6, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021050645
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


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.


2) Infinite loop (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20270)

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

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References