USN-4272-1: Pillow vulnerabilities

USN-4272-1: Pillow vulnerabilities

pillow vulnerabilities

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in Pillow.

Software Description

• 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

python-pil – 6.1.0-1ubuntu0.2

python3-pil – 6.1.0-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

python-pil – 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2

python3-pil – 5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

python-imaging – 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3

python-pil – 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3

python3-pil – 3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

python-imaging – 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1

python-pil – 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1

python3-imaging – 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1

python3-pil – 2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

• CVE-2019-16865
• CVE-2019-19911
• CVE-2020-5310
• CVE-2020-5311
• CVE-2020-5312
• CVE-2020-5313

Source: USN-4272-1: Pillow vulnerabilities