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Medium ALSA-2021:4139 2 CVEs

Moderate: resource-agents security, bug fix, and enhancement update

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The resource-agents packages provide the Pacemaker and RGManager service managers with a set of scripts. These scripts interface with several services to allow operating in a high-availability (HA) environment.

Security Fix(es):

* python-pygments: Infinite loop in SML lexer may lead to DoS (CVE-2021-20270)

* python-pygments: ReDoS in multiple lexers (CVE-2021-27291)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 resource-agents 4.1.1-98.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 resource-agents-aliyun 4.1.1-98.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 resource-agents-gcp 4.1.1-98.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 resource-agents-paf 4.1.1-98.el8

Vulnerabilities 2

  • High 7.5

    Infinite Loop in Pygments

    An infinite loop in SMLLexer in Pygments versions 1.5 to 2.7.3 may lead to denial of service when performing syntax highlighting of a Standard ML (SML) source file, as demonstrated by input that only contains the "exception" keyword.

  • High 7.5

    Pygments vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

    In pygments 1.1+, fixed in 2.7.4, the lexers used to parse programming languages rely heavily on regular expressions. Some of the regular expressions have exponential or cubic worst-case complexity and are vulnerable to ReDoS. By crafting malicious input, an …

References

  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-20270
  • report
    https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2021-27291