Resource Exhaustion Affecting python-pillow-tk package, versions <0:2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.7
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0.67% (80th
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-PYTHONPILLOWTK-5789142
- published 20 Jul 2023
- disclosed 3 Sep 2021
Introduced: 3 Sep 2021
CVE-2021-23437 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 python-pillow-tk to version 0:2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.7 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2118.
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.
The package pillow 5.2.0 and before 8.3.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the getrgb function.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-23437
- https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.3.2.html
- https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/9e08eb8f78fdfd2f476e1b20b7cf38683754866b
- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-PYTHON-PILLOW-1319443
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKRCL7KKAKOXCVD7M6WC5OKFGL4L3SJT/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNSG6VFXTAROGF7ACYLMAZNQV4EJ6I2C/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNSG6VFXTAROGF7ACYLMAZNQV4EJ6I2C/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKRCL7KKAKOXCVD7M6WC5OKFGL4L3SJT/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00021.html
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