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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2021-28676: Important priority package update for python-pillow

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Amazon Linux 2023: CVE-2021-28676: Important priority package update for python-pillow

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
04/01/2021
Created
02/14/2025
Added
02/17/2025
Modified
02/17/2025

Description

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 8.2.0. For FLI data, FliDecode did not properly check that the block advance was non-zero, potentially leading to an infinite loop on load. A flaw was found in python-pillow. FliDecode.c did not properly check that the block advance was non-zero, potentially leading to an infinite loop on load. This issue dates to the PIL fork. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-pillow
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-pillow-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-pillow-devel
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-pillow-tk
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python3-pillow-tk-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python-pillow-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-2023-upgrade-python-pillow-debugsource

References

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