RHEL 7 : python-pillow (RHSA-2022:0609)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 158263

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for python-pillow.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2022:0609 advisory.

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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL python-pillow package based on the guidance in RHSA-2022:0609.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 158263

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2022-0609.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 2/22/2022

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Important

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22817

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/10/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22816, CVE-2022-22817

CWE: 125, 77

RHSA: 2022:0609

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