Resource management error in Pillow - CVE-2022-45198

Vulnerability identifier: #VU69498

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-45198

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper management of internal resources when handing highly compressed GIF data. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted GIF file to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Pillow
Gentoo Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Package Hub 15
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Ubuntu
EcoStruxure Power Operation
python3-Pillow-tk-debuginfo
python3-Pillow-tk
python-Pillow-debuginfo
python-Pillow-debugsource
python3-Pillow
python3-Pillow-debuginfo
python-pillow
python3-pillow-devel
python3-pillow-qt
python3-pillow
python-pillow-debugsource
python3-pillow-tk
python-pillow-debuginfo
python3-pillow-help
dev-python/pillow
python3-pil (Ubuntu package)

Install updates from vendor's website.

Pillow - update to 13.0.0
EcoStruxure Power Operation - update to 2024 CU2
python3-Pillow-tk-debuginfo - update to 7.2.0-150300.3.18.1
python3-Pillow-tk - update to 7.2.0-150300.3.18.1
python-Pillow-debuginfo - update to 7.2.0-150300.3.18.1
python-Pillow-debugsource - update to 7.2.0-150300.3.18.1
python3-Pillow - update to 7.2.0-150300.3.18.1
python3-Pillow-debuginfo - update to 7.2.0-150300.3.18.1
python-pillow - update to 9.0.1-5
python3-pillow-devel - update to 9.0.1-5
python3-pillow-qt - update to 9.0.1-5
python3-pillow - update to 9.0.1-5
python-pillow-debugsource - update to 9.0.1-5
python3-pillow-tk - update to 9.0.1-5
python-pillow-debuginfo - update to 9.0.1-5
python3-pillow-help - update to 9.0.1-5
dev-python/pillow - update to 9.3.0
python3-pil (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-4ubuntu0.7, 9.0.1-1ubuntu0.1

• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/11918eac0628ec8ac0812670d9838361ead2d6a4
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/pull/6402
• https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/releases/tag/9.2.0
• https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/9.2.0.html

• Denial of service in Pillow
• Gentoo update for Pillow
• Ubuntu update for pillow
• openEuler update for python-pillow
• SUSE update for python-Pillow
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Schneider Electric EcoStruxure Power Operation