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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-16865: Important: python-pillow security update (Multiple Advisories)

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CentOS Linux: CVE-2019-16865: Important: python-pillow security update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/04/2019
Created
02/26/2020
Added
02/25/2020
Modified
05/25/2023

Description

An issue was discovered in Pillow before 6.2.0. When reading specially crafted invalid image files, the library can either allocate very large amounts of memory or take an extremely long period of time to process the image.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-python-pillow
  • centos-upgrade-python-pillow-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-python-pillow-debugsource
  • centos-upgrade-python-pillow-devel
  • centos-upgrade-python-pillow-doc
  • centos-upgrade-python-pillow-qt
  • centos-upgrade-python-pillow-sane
  • centos-upgrade-python-pillow-tk
  • centos-upgrade-python3-pillow
  • centos-upgrade-python3-pillow-debuginfo
  • centos-upgrade-python3-pillow-tk-debuginfo

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