SB2020010325 - Buffer overflow in py-pillow (Alpine package)

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SB2020010325 - Buffer overflow in py-pillow (Alpine package)

Published: January 3, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2020010325
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-19911)

CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists when processing FPX images due to the "FpxImagePlugin.py" calls the range function on an unvalidated 32-bit integer if the number of bands is large. A remote attacker can trigger memory corruption and cause a denial of service condition on the target system.

On Windows running 32-bit Python, this results in an OverflowError or MemoryError due to the 2 GB limit. However, on Linux running 64-bit Python this results in the process being terminated by the OOM killer.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References