Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2023-44271 |
CWE-ID | CWE-400 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar Operating systems & Components / Operating system HPE Helion Openstack Operating systems & Components / Operating system SUSE OpenStack Cloud Operating systems & Components / Operating system python-Pillow-debugsource Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component python-Pillow Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component python-Pillow-debuginfo Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component |
Vendor | SUSE |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU83261
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.6 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44271
CWE-ID:
CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in ImageFont. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
MitigationUpdate the affected package python-Pillow to the latest version.
Vulnerable software versionsSUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12: SP3
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar: 8
HPE Helion Openstack: 8
SUSE OpenStack Cloud: 8
python-Pillow-debugsource: before 4.2.1-3.23.2
python-Pillow: before 4.2.1-3.23.2
python-Pillow-debuginfo: before 4.2.1-3.23.2
External linkshttp://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234631-1/
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.