USN-6744-2: Pillow vulnerability
22 April 2024
Pillow could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.
Releases
Packages
- pillow-python2 - Python Imaging Library (Pillow fork)
Details
USN-6744-1 fixed a vulnerability in Pillow (Python 3). This update
provides the corresponding updates for Pillow (Python 2) in
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Hugo van Kemenade discovered that Pillow was not properly performing
bounds checks when processing an ICC file, which could lead to a buffer
overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a
specially crafted ICC file, an attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
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python-pil
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6.2.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm2
Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-6744-1: python-sane, pillow, python3-imaging, python-imaging-sane, python-imaging-compat, python-imaging, python-imaging-doc, python-pil, python3-pil, python3-sane, python3-pil.imagetk, python3-imaging-tk, python-pil-doc, python3-imaging-sane, python-pil.imagetk, python-imaging-tk
- USN-6744-3: python-pil-doc, pillow, python3-pil, python3-pil.imagetk