Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-pillow-sane package, versions <0:2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.4


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.16% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PYTHONPILLOWSANE-5672091
  • published8 Jun 2023
  • disclosed16 Jan 2015

Introduced: 16 Jan 2015

CVE-2014-9601  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python-pillow-sane to version 0:2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2083.

NVD Description

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

Pillow before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a compressed text chunk in a PNG image that has a large size when it is decompressed.

CVSS Scores

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