GHSA-vp6v-whfm-rv3g

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vp6v-whfm-rv3g

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/12/GHSA-vp6v-whfm-rv3g/GHSA-vp6v-whfm-rv3g.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-vp6v-whfm-rv3g

Aliases

CVE-2024-53863

Published

2024-12-03T18:44:00Z

Modified

2024-12-03T19:12:26.934374Z

Severity

8.2 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator

Summary

Synapse can be forced to thumbnail unexpected file formats, invoking external, potentially untrustworthy decoders

Details

Impact

In Synapse versions before 1.120.1, enabling the dynamic_thumbnails option or processing a specially crafted request could trigger the decoding and thumbnail generation of uncommon image formats, potentially invoking external tools like Ghostscript for processing.

This significantly expands the attack surface in a historically vulnerable area, presenting a risk that far outweighs the benefit, particularly since these formats are rarely used on the open web or within the Matrix ecosystem.

For a list of image formats, as well as decoding libraries and helper programs used, see the Pillow documentation.

Patches

Synapse 1.120.1 addresses the issue by restricting thumbnail generation to images in the following widely used formats: PNG, JPEG, GIF, and WebP.

Workarounds

Ensure any image codecs and helper programs, such as Ghostscript, are patched against security vulnerabilities.
Uninstall unused image decoder libraries and helper programs, such as Ghostscript, from the system environment that Synapse is running in.
- Depending on the installation method, there may be some decoder libraries bundled with Pillow and these cannot be easily uninstalled.
- The official Docker container image does not include Ghostscript.

References

The Pillow documentation includes a list of supported image formats and which libraries or helper programs are used to decode them.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, please email us at security at element.io.

Database specific

{
    "nvd_published_at": "2024-12-03T17:15:12Z",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-434"
    ],
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-12-03T18:44:00Z"
}

References

Affected packages

PyPI / matrix-synapse

Package

Name: matrix-synapse; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:pypi/matrix-synapse

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.120.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.33.5

0.33.5.1

0.33.6rc1

0.33.6

0.33.7rc1

0.33.7rc2

0.33.7

0.33.8rc2

0.33.8

0.33.9

0.34.0rc1

0.34.0rc2

0.34.0

0.34.0.1

0.34.1.1

0.99.0rc1

0.99.0rc2

0.99.0rc3

0.99.0rc4

0.99.0

0.99.1rc1

0.99.1rc2

0.99.1

0.99.1.1

0.99.2rc1

0.99.2

0.99.3rc1

0.99.3

0.99.3.1

0.99.3.2

0.99.4rc1

0.99.4

0.99.5rc1

0.99.5

0.99.5.1

0.99.5.2

1.*

1.0.0rc1

1.0.0rc2

1.0.0rc3

1.0.0

1.1.0rc1

1.1.0rc2

1.1.0

1.2.0rc1

1.2.0rc2

1.2.0

1.2.1

1.3.0rc1

1.3.0

1.3.1

1.4.0rc1

1.4.0rc2

1.4.0

1.4.1rc1

1.4.1

1.5.0rc1

1.5.0rc2

1.5.0

1.5.1

1.6.0rc1

1.6.0rc2

1.6.0

1.6.1

1.7.0rc1

1.7.0rc2

1.7.0

1.7.1

1.7.2

1.7.3

1.8.0rc1

1.8.0

1.9.0.dev1

1.9.0.dev2

1.9.0rc1

1.9.0

1.9.1

1.10.0rc1

1.10.0rc2

1.10.0rc3

1.10.0rc5

1.10.0

1.10.1

1.11.0rc1

1.11.0

1.11.1

1.12.0rc1

1.12.0

1.12.1rc1

1.12.1

1.12.2

1.12.3

1.12.4rc1

1.12.4

1.13.0rc1

1.13.0rc2

1.13.0rc3

1.13.0

1.14.0rc1

1.14.0rc2

1.14.0

1.15.0rc1

1.15.0

1.15.1

1.15.2

1.16.0rc1

1.16.0rc2

1.16.0

1.16.1

1.17.0rc1

1.17.0

1.18.0rc1

1.18.0rc2

1.18.0

1.19.0rc1

1.19.0

1.19.1rc1

1.19.1

1.19.2

1.19.3

1.20.0rc1

1.20.0rc2

1.20.0rc3

1.20.0rc4

1.20.0rc5

1.20.0

1.20.1

1.21.0rc1

1.21.0rc2

1.21.0rc3

1.21.0

1.21.1

1.21.2

1.22.0rc1

1.22.0rc2

1.22.0

1.22.1

1.23.0rc1

1.23.0

1.23.1

1.24.0rc1

1.24.0rc2

1.24.0

1.25.0rc1

1.25.0

1.26.0rc1

1.26.0rc2

1.26.0

1.27.0rc1

1.27.0rc2

1.27.0

1.28.0rc1

1.28.0

1.29.0rc1

1.29.0

1.30.0rc1

1.30.0

1.30.1

1.31.0rc1

1.31.0

1.32.0rc1

1.32.0

1.32.1

1.32.2

1.33.0rc1

1.33.0rc2

1.33.0

1.33.1

1.33.2

1.34.0rc1

1.34.0

1.35.0rc1

1.35.0rc2

1.35.0rc3

1.35.0

1.35.1

1.36.0rc1

1.36.0rc2

1.36.0

1.37.0rc1

1.37.0

1.37.1rc1

1.37.1

1.38.0rc1

1.38.0rc2

1.38.0rc3

1.38.0

1.38.1

1.39.0rc1

1.39.0rc2

1.39.0rc3

1.39.0

1.40.0rc1

1.40.0rc2

1.40.0rc3

1.40.0

1.41.0rc1

1.41.0

1.41.1

1.42.0rc1

1.42.0rc2

1.42.0

1.43.0rc1

1.43.0rc2

1.43.0

1.44.0rc1

1.44.0rc2

1.44.0rc3

1.44.0

1.45.0rc1

1.45.0rc2

1.45.0

1.45.1

1.46.0rc1

1.46.0

1.47.0rc1

1.47.0rc2

1.47.0rc3

1.47.0

1.47.1

1.48.0rc1

1.48.0

1.49.0rc1

1.49.0

1.49.2

1.50.0rc1

1.50.0rc2

1.50.0

1.50.1

1.50.2

1.51.0rc1

1.51.0rc2

1.51.0

1.52.0rc1

1.52.0

1.53.0rc1

1.53.0

1.54.0rc1

1.54.0

1.55.0rc1

1.55.0

1.55.1

1.55.2

1.56.0rc1

1.56.0

1.57.0rc1

1.57.0

1.57.1

1.58.0rc2

1.58.0

1.58.1

1.59.0rc1

1.59.0rc2

1.59.0

1.59.1

1.60.0rc1

1.60.0rc2

1.60.0

1.61.0rc1

1.61.0

1.61.1

1.62.0rc1

1.62.0rc2

1.62.0rc3

1.62.0

1.63.0rc1

1.63.0

1.63.1

1.64.0rc1

1.64.0rc2

1.64.0

1.65.0rc1

1.65.0rc2

1.65.0

1.66.0rc1

1.66.0rc2

1.66.0

1.67.0rc1

1.67.0

1.68.0rc1

1.68.0rc2

1.68.0

1.69.0rc1

1.69.0rc2

1.69.0rc4

1.69.0

1.70.0rc1

1.70.0rc2

1.70.0

1.70.1

1.71.0rc1

1.71.0rc2

1.71.0

1.72.0rc1

1.72.0

1.73.0rc2

1.73.0

1.74.0rc1

1.74.0

1.75.0rc1

1.75.0rc2

1.75.0

1.76.0rc1

1.76.0rc2

1.76.0

1.77.0rc1

1.77.0rc2

1.77.0

1.78.0rc1

1.78.0

1.79.0rc1

1.79.0rc2

1.79.0

1.80.0rc1

1.80.0rc2

1.80.0

1.81.0rc1

1.81.0rc2

1.81.0

1.82.0rc1

1.82.0

1.83.0rc1

1.83.0

1.84.0rc1

1.84.0

1.84.1

1.85.0rc1

1.85.0rc2

1.85.0

1.85.1

1.85.2

1.86.0rc2

1.86.0

1.87.0rc1

1.87.0

1.88.0rc1

1.88.0

1.89.0rc1

1.89.0

1.90.0rc1

1.90.0

1.91.0rc1

1.91.0

1.91.1

1.91.2

1.92.0rc1

1.92.1

1.92.2

1.92.3

1.93.0rc1

1.93.0

1.94.0rc1

1.94.0

1.95.0rc1

1.95.0

1.95.1

1.96.0rc1

1.96.1

1.97.0rc1

1.97.0

1.98.0rc1

1.98.0

1.99.0rc1

1.99.0

1.100.0rc2

1.100.0rc3

1.100.0

1.101.0rc1

1.101.0

1.102.0rc1

1.102.0

1.103.0rc1

1.103.0

1.104.0rc1

1.104.0

1.105.0rc1

1.105.0

1.105.1

1.106.0rc1

1.106.0

1.107.0rc1

1.107.0

1.108.0rc1

1.108.0

1.109.0rc1

1.109.0rc2

1.109.0rc3

1.109.0

1.110.0rc2

1.110.0rc3

1.110.0

1.111.0rc1

1.111.0rc2

1.111.0

1.111.1

1.112.0rc1

1.112.0

1.113.0rc1

1.113.0

1.114.0rc1

1.114.0rc3

1.114.0

1.115.0rc1

1.115.0rc2

1.115.0

1.116.0rc1

1.116.0rc2

1.116.0

1.117.0rc1

1.117.0

1.118.0rc1

1.118.0

1.119.0rc2

1.119.0

1.120.0rc1

1.120.0