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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2020-0578 Important: python-pillow DoS

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Calendar Grey February 24, 2020
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Critical security patch released for python-pillow resolves memory vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
An update for python-pillow is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat Enterprise Linux image processing memory allocation Important python-pillow

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-16865 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5312 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: python-pillow-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: python-pillow-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: python-pillow-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.i686.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.i686.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.i686.rpm python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-doc-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-qt-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-sane-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-tk-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: python-pillow-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.src.rpm
x86_64: python-pillow-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.i686.rpm python-pillow-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.i686.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.i686.rpm python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-doc-2.0.0-20.gitd1c6db8.el7_7.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2020:0578-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0578
Issue date: 2020-02-24

Topic

An update for python-pillow is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerabilityfrom the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service Red Hat Enterprise Linux image processing memory allocation Important python-pillow

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1774066 - CVE-2019-16865 python-pillow: reading specially crafted image files leads to allocation of large amounts of memory and denial of service

1789533 - CVE-2020-5312 python-pillow: improperly restricted operations on memory buffer in libImaging/PcxDecode.c

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