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USN-6744-3: Pillow vulnerability

29 April 2024

Pillow could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.

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Releases

Packages

  • pillow - Python Imaging Library

Details

USN-6744-1 fixed a vulnerability in Pillow. This update
provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 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.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-6744-1: python3-pil, python-imaging, python-pil, python-sane, python3-imaging, python3-imaging-sane, python3-pil.imagetk, python3-sane, pillow, python-pil-doc, python3-imaging-tk, python-pil.imagetk, python-imaging-doc, python-imaging-tk, python-imaging-compat, python-imaging-sane
  • USN-6744-2: python-pil, python-pil.imagetk, pillow-python2