Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-pillow-tk 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
    1.49% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-PYTHONPILLOWTK-1679139
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 4 Oct 2019

How 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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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Red Hat

7.5 high