Important: python-pillow security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2023-50447  

Synopsis

Important: python-pillow security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Important

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Topic

An update for python-pillow is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 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):

  • pillow: Arbitrary Code Execution via the environment parameter (CVE-2023-50447)

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 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 8.8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 8.8 s390x
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 8.8 aarch64

Fixes

  • BZ - 2259479 - CVE-2023-50447 pillow:Arbitrary Code Execution via the environment parameter