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CVE-2021-23437

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Date: September 3, 2021

The package pillow 5.2.0 and before 8.3.2 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the getrgb function.

Language: Python

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (17)

Url: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/9e08eb8f78fdfd2f476e1b20b7cf38683754866b

Url: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKRCL7KKAKOXCVD7M6WC5OKFGL4L3SJT/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-23437

Url: https://pillow.readthedocs.io/en/stable/releasenotes/8.3.2.html

Url: https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2021-317.yaml

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23437

Url: https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-23437

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNSG6VFXTAROGF7ACYLMAZNQV4EJ6I2C

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKRCL7KKAKOXCVD7M6WC5OKFGL4L3SJT

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNSG6VFXTAROGF7ACYLMAZNQV4EJ6I2C

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RNSG6VFXTAROGF7ACYLMAZNQV4EJ6I2C/

Url: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00021.html

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202211-10

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VKRCL7KKAKOXCVD7M6WC5OKFGL4L3SJT

Url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-98vv-pw6r-q6q4

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-23437

Severity Score

7.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-125

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CWE-400

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

Upgrade to version pillow - 8.3.2

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	5.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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