Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-pillow-devel package, versions <0:2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.03% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PYTHONPILLOWDEVEL-1679138
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed4 Oct 2019

Introduced: 4 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-16865  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python-pillow-devel to version 0:2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1412.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-pillow-devel package and not the python-pillow-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 6.2.0. When reading specially crafted invalid image files, the library can either allocate very large amounts of memory or take an extremely long period of time to process the image.

CVSS Scores

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