USN-4697-2: Pillow vulnerabilities
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4697-2
January 20, 2021
pillow vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
Summary:
Pillow could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a
specially crafted file.
Software Description:
- pillow: Python Imaging Library
Details:
USN-4697-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain PCX image files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
PCX file, a remote attacker could possibly cause Pillow to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-35653)
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If
a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
image file, a remote attacker could possibly cause Pillow to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-10177)
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
python-pil 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm2
python3-pil 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm2
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4697-2
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4697-1
CVE-2020-10177, CVE-2020-35653
A Pillow security update has been released for Ubuntu Linux 14.04 ESM.