USN-4697-2: Pillow vulnerabilities
20 January 2021
Pillow could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- 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
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-4430-1: python-pil.imagetk, python3-pil.imagetk, pillow, python-pil, python-imaging, python-pil-doc, python3-pil
- USN-4430-2: pillow, python-pil-doc, python3-pil, python3-pil.imagetk
- USN-4697-1: python-pil.imagetk, python3-pil.imagetk, pillow, python-pil, python-imaging, python-pil-doc, python3-pil