Bug 1179354 – CVE-2014-9601 python-pillow: potential denial-of-service during PNG decompression

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Bug 1179354 - (CVE-2014-9601) CVE-2014-9601 python-pillow: potential denial-of-service during PNG decompression

Summary:	CVE-2014-9601 python-pillow: potential denial-of-service during PNG decompres...

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2014-9601

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Keywords:	Security

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Blocks:	1179357
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Reported:	2015-01-06 10:13 EST by Vasyl Kaigorodov
Modified:	2015-01-19 03:50 EST (History)
CC List:	4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	Pillow 2.7.0
Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Last Closed:	2015-01-12 15:40:09 EST
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Description Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-01-06 10:13:46 EST

Pillow release 2.7.0 fixes a potential denial-of-service issue in PNG decompression code [1].

Exact upstream commit that resolves this:
https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/commit/b3e09122e527ae554eb590741bbd7611d5710e40

[1]: http://pillow.readthedocs.org/releasenotes/2.7.0.html#png-text-chunk-size-limits

Comment 2 Vasyl Kaigorodov 2015-01-19 03:50:03 EST

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2014-9601 to
the following vulnerability:

Name: CVE-2014-9601
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9601
Assigned: 20150116
Reference: https://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2015/jan/02/pillow-security-release/

Pillow before 2.7.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service via a compressed text chunk in a PNG image that has a large
size when it is decompressed.

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