Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-pillow-tk package, versions <0:2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-PYTHONPILLOWTK-1679139
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 4 Oct 2019
Introduced: 4 Oct 2019
CVE-2019-16865 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python-pillow-tk 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-tk package and not the python-pillow-tk 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.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-16865
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4631
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EMJBUZQGQ2Q7HXYCQVRLU7OXNC7CAWWU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYDXD7EE4YAEVSTNIFZKNVPRVJX5ZOG3/
- https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/latest/releasenotes/6.2.0.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0566
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0578
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0580
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0681
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0683
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0694
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4272-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EMJBUZQGQ2Q7HXYCQVRLU7OXNC7CAWWU/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LYDXD7EE4YAEVSTNIFZKNVPRVJX5ZOG3/