RHSA-2022:0667 - Security Advisory

Topic

An update for python-pillow is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Extended Update Support.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

Description

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.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 8.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.2 aarch64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 ppc64le
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 8.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 2042522 - CVE-2022-22816 python-pillow: buffer over-read during initialization of ImagePath.Path in path_getbbox() in path.c
• BZ - 2042527 - CVE-2022-22817 python-pillow: PIL.ImageMath.eval allows evaluation of arbitrary expressions

CVEs

• CVE-2022-22816
• CVE-2022-22817

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important