Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-pillow-doc package, versions <0:2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.71% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-PYTHONPILLOWDOC-2151024
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed4 Oct 2019

Introduced: 4 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-16865  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 python-pillow-doc to version 0:2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-pillow-doc package and not the python-pillow-doc package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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

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