{"id":14660,"date":"2017-03-14T03:34:25","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T18:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3229-1-python-imaging-library-vulnerabilities\/"},"modified":"2017-03-14T03:34:25","modified_gmt":"2017-03-13T18:34:25","slug":"usn-3229-1-python-imaging-library-vulnerabilities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3229-1-python-imaging-library-vulnerabilities\/","title":{"rendered":"USN-3229-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>USN-3229-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities<\/p>\n<h2>Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3229-1<\/h2>\n<p><em>13th March, 2017<\/em><\/p>\n<h3>python-imaging vulnerabilities<\/h3>\n<p>A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its<br \/>\n    derivatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu 12.04 LTS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Several security issues were fixed in the Python Imaging Library.\n<\/p>\n<h3>Software description<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>python-imaging<br \/>\n    &#8211; Python Imaging Library<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Details<\/h3>\n<p>It was discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled<br \/>certain compressed text chunks in PNG images. A remote attacker could<br \/>possibly use this issue to cause the Python Imaging Library to crash,<br \/>resulting in a denial of service. (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2014-9601\">CVE-2014-9601<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Cris Neckar discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled<br \/>certain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause<br \/>the Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or<br \/>possibly obtain sensitive information. (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-9189\">CVE-2016-9189<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Cris Neckar discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled<br \/>certain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause<br \/>the Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or<br \/>possibly execute arbitrary code. (<a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-9190\">CVE-2016-9190<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h3>Update instructions<\/h3>\n<p> The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following<br \/>\npackage version:<\/p>\n<dl>\n<dt>Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:<\/dt>\n<dd>\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/python-imaging\">python-imaging<\/a><br \/>\n    <span><br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/ubuntu\/+source\/python-imaging\/1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.04.3\">1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.04.3<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<p>To update your system, please follow these instructions:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades\">https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Security\/Upgrades<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.<\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2014-9601\">CVE-2014-9601<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-9189\">CVE-2016-9189<\/a>, <\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"http:\/\/people.ubuntu.com\/~ubuntu-security\/cve\/CVE-2016-9190\">CVE-2016-9190<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ubuntu.com\/usn\/usn-3229-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">USN-3229-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>USN-3229-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3229-1 13th March, 2017 python-imaging vulnerabilities A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Several security issues were fixed in the Python Imaging Library. Software description python-imaging &#8211; Python Imaging Library Details It was discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handledcertain compressed text chunks in PNG images. A remote attacker couldpossibly use this issue to cause the Python Imaging Library to crash,resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9601) Cris Neckar discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handledcertain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue to causethe Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, orpossibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-9189) Cris Neckar discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handledcertain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/usn-3229-1-python-imaging-library-vulnerabilities\/\" title=\"USN-3229-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities\">[ more&#8230; ]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[586],"tags":[587],"class_list":["post-14660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ubuntu-usn","tag-ubuntu-usn"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14661,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14660\/revisions\/14661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jirak.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}