Upstream information

CVE-2021-27921 at MITRE

Description

Pillow before 8.1.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) because the reported size of a contained image is not properly checked for a BLP container, and thus an attempted memory allocation can be very large.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 7.5 7.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact None None
Availability Impact High High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1183110 [NEW]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • python3-pillow >= 5.1.1-16.el8
Patchnames:
RHSA-2021:4149
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9
  • python-Pillow >= 5.2.0-3.8.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-9-2021-1938
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9
  • python-Pillow >= 5.2.0-3.8.1
Patchnames:
SUSE-OpenStack-Cloud-Crowbar-9-2021-1938
openSUSE Leap 15.2
  • python3-CairoSVG >= 2.5.1-lp152.2.3.1
  • python3-Pillow >= 8.3.1-lp152.5.3.1
  • python3-Pillow-tk >= 8.3.1-lp152.5.3.1
Patchnames:
openSUSE-2021-1134
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • python36-Pillow >= 8.3.2-1.2
  • python36-Pillow-tk >= 8.3.2-1.2
  • python38-Pillow >= 8.3.2-1.2
  • python38-Pillow-tk >= 8.3.2-1.2
  • python39-Pillow >= 8.3.2-1.2
  • python39-Pillow-tk >= 8.3.2-1.2
Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA python36-Pillow-8.3.2-1.2


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 python-Pillow Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 python-Pillow Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 python-Pillow Unsupported
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 python-Pillow Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 python-Pillow Released
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 python-Pillow Not affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 python-Pillow Released


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Mar 3 18:28:55 2021
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 30 18:13:34 2023