SUSE update for python-Pillow

1) Resource exhaustion

EUVDB-ID: #VU83261

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-44271

CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion

Exploit availability: No

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources in ImageFont. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Mitigation

Update the affected package python-Pillow to the latest version.

Vulnerable software versions

openSUSE Leap: 15.3 - 15.5

python3-Pillow-debuginfo: before 7.2.0-150300.3.3.1

python-Pillow-debugsource: before 7.2.0-150300.3.3.1

python3-Pillow: before 7.2.0-150300.3.3.1

python3-Pillow-tk: before 7.2.0-150300.3.3.1

python3-Pillow-tk-debuginfo: before 7.2.0-150300.3.3.1

python-Pillow-debuginfo: before 7.2.0-150300.3.3.1

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:o:suse:opensuse_leap:15.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:python3-pillow-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:python-pillow-debugsource:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:python3-pillow:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:python3-pillow-tk:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:python3-pillow-tk-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:suse:python-pillow-debuginfo:*:*:*:*:*:suse_linux:*:*

External links

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2023/suse-su-20234465-1/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.