CVE-2021-28677 Affecting python3-pillow package, versions <0:5.1.1-16.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-PYTHON3PILLOW-5656960
  • published28 May 2023
  • disclosed9 Nov 2021

Introduced: 9 Nov 2021

CVE-2021-28677  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 python3-pillow to version 0:5.1.1-16.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2021:4149.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-pillow package and not the python3-pillow package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. For EPS data, the readline implementation used in EPSImageFile has to deal with any combination of \r and \n as line endings. It used an accidentally quadratic method of accumulating lines while looking for a line ending. A malicious EPS file could use this to perform a DoS of Pillow in the open phase, before an image was accepted for opening.

CVSS Scores

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