Resource Exhaustion Affecting python3-pillow-devel package, versions <0:9.4.0-2.amzn2023.0.3


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-PYTHON3PILLOWDEVEL-6127281
  • published15 Dec 2023
  • disclosed3 Nov 2023

Introduced: 3 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-44271  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 python3-pillow-devel to version 0:9.4.0-2.amzn2023.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2023-453.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-pillow-devel package and not the python3-pillow-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 10.0.0. It is a Denial of Service that uncontrollably allocates memory to process a given task, potentially causing a service to crash by having it run out of memory. This occurs for truetype in ImageFont when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument.

CVSS Scores

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