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.
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.
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