CVE-2014-3589

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-08-13
CWE:
CWE-835
Bugzilla:
1130711: CVE-2014-3589 python-pillow, python-imaging: DoS in IcnsImagePlugin

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

PIL/IcnsImagePlugin.py in Python Imaging Library (PIL) and Pillow before 2.3.2 and 2.5.x before 2.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted block size.

Find out more about CVE-2014-3589 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue affects the versions of python-imaging as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, and versions of python-pillow as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is now in Production 3 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 python-pillow Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 python-imaging Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 python-imaging Will not fix

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank Andrew Drake of Dropbox for reporting this issue.

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