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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704878
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4878-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pygments' package(s) announced via the DSA-4878-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'pygments' package(s) announced via the DSA-4878-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Ben Caller discovered that Pygments, a syntax highlighting package written in Python 3, used regular expressions which could result in denial of service.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.1+dfsg-1+deb10u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your pygments packages.

For the detailed security status of pygments please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'pygments' package(s) on Debian 10.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2021-27291
Debian Security Information: DSA-4878 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4878
Debian Security Information: DSA-4889 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4889
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GSJRFHALQ7E3UV4FFMFU2YQ6LUDHAI55/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WSLD67LFGXOX2K5YNESSWAS4AGZIJTUQ/
https://gist.github.com/b-c-ds/b1a2cc0c68a35c57188575eb496de5ce
https://github.com/pygments/pygments/commit/2e7e8c4a7b318f4032493773732754e418279a14
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/03/msg00024.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00003.html
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00006.html
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