SECURITY

USN-3080-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3080-1 15th September, 2016 python-imaging vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Python Imaging Libary could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input or opened a specially crafted file. Software description python-imaging – Python Imaging Library Details Eric Soroos discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled certain malformed FLI or PhotoCD files. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-0775, CVE-2016-2533) Andrew Drake discovered that the Python Imaging Libray incorrectly validated input. A remote attacker could use this to cause Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-3589) Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following [ more… ]