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Red Hat: RHSA-2022-0609-01 Important: Python-Pillow Buffer Overflow

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Calendar Grey February 22, 2022
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Keep informed about the critical python-pillow security patch issued by Red Hat, as it poses substantial risks. Discover additional details here.
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: PIL.ImageMath.eval allows evaluation of arbitrary expressions (CVE-2022-22817)
* python-pillow: buffer over-read during initialization of ImagePath.Path in path_getbbox() in path.c (CVE-2022-22816)
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

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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22816 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-22817 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.i686.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.i686.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.i686.rpm python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-doc-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-qt-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-sane-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-tk-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
Source: python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.src.rpm
x86_64: python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.i686.rpm python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.i686.rpm python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.i686.rpm python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm python-pillow-doc-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.el7_9.x86_64.rpm

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2022:0609-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2022:0609
Issue date: 2022-02-22

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

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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

2042522 - CVE-2022-22816 python-pillow: buffer over-read during initialization of ImagePath.Path in path_getbbox() in path.c

2042527 - CVE-2022-22817 python-pillow: PIL.ImageMath.eval allows evaluation of arbitrary expressions

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