ALAS-2025-2803


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2025-2803
Advisory Release Date: 2025-03-13 01:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2025-03-25 16:12 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

Buffer overflow in the ImagingPcdDecode function in PcdDecode.c in Pillow before 3.1.1 and Python Imaging Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted PhotoCD file. (CVE-2016-2533)


Affected Packages:

python-pillow


Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.


Issue Correction:
Run yum update python-pillow to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.aarch64
    python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.aarch64
    python-pillow-doc-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.aarch64
    python-pillow-sane-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.aarch64
    python-pillow-tk-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.aarch64
    python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.aarch64

i686:
    python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.i686
    python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.i686
    python-pillow-doc-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.i686
    python-pillow-sane-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.i686
    python-pillow-tk-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.i686
    python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.i686

src:
    python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.src

x86_64:
    python-pillow-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.x86_64
    python-pillow-devel-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.x86_64
    python-pillow-doc-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.x86_64
    python-pillow-sane-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.x86_64
    python-pillow-tk-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.x86_64
    python-pillow-debuginfo-2.0.0-23.gitd1c6db8.amzn2.0.16.x86_64