Access Restriction Bypass Affecting pillow package, versions [,2.3.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-PILLOW-2371731
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed17 Apr 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Apr 2014

CVE-2014-1933  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade pillow to version 2.3.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass. The (1) JpegImagePlugin.py and (2) EpsImagePlugin.py scripts in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 uses the names of temporary files on the command line, which makes it easier for local users to conduct symlink attacks by listing the processes.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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