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
Source: USN-4272-1: Pillow vulnerabilities
