CentOS 7 : python-pillow (CESA-2020:0578)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 134091

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An update for python-pillow is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

The python-pillow packages contain a Python image processing library that provides extensive file format support, an efficient internal representation, and powerful image-processing capabilities.

Security Fix(es) :

* python-pillow: improperly restricted operations on memory buffer in libImaging/PcxDecode.c (CVE-2020-5312)

* python-pillow: reading specially crafted image files leads to allocation of large amounts of memory and denial of service (CVE-2019-16865)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Solution

Update the affected python-pillow packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?8ea2b17b

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 134091

File Name: centos_RHSA-2020-0578.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/27/2020

Updated: 1/26/2022

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5312

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-qt, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-sane, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:python-pillow-tk, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16865, CVE-2020-5312

RHSA: 2020:0578