SUSE update for python-Pygments

1) Resource management error

EUVDB-ID: #VU51776

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 6.5 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

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

External links

http://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.