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Amazon Linux 2 : python-pillow (ALAS-2024-2508)

high Nessus Plugin ID 192747

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of python-pillow installed on the remote host is prior to 2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2024-2508 advisory.

 - An issue was discovered in Pillow before 10.0.0. It is a Denial of Service that uncontrollably allocates memory to process a given task, potentially causing a service to crash by having it run out of memory.
 This occurs for truetype in ImageFont when textlength in an ImageDraw instance operates on a long text argument. (CVE-2023-44271)

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

Solution

Run 'yum update python-pillow' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2/ALAS-2024-2508.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2023-44271.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192747

File Name: al2_ALAS-2024-2508.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/1/2024

Updated: 4/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44271

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pillow-sane, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pillow-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pillow, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pillow-tk, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pillow-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:python-pillow-doc

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44271