USN-4272-1: Pillow vulnerabilities
6 February 2020
Several security issues were fixed in Pillow.
Releases
Packages
- pillow - Python Imaging Library
Details
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-16865, CVE-2019-19911)
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2020-5312)
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain TIFF images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue
only affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2020-5310)
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain SGI images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or
cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 19.10.
(CVE-2020-5311)
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain PCX images.
An attackter could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or
cause a crash. (CVE-2020-5312)
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain Flip images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or
cause a crash. (CVE-2020-5313)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 19.10
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
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python-imaging
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2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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python-pil
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2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
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python3-imaging
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2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1
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python3-pil
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2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.