USN-2168-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities
15 April 2014
python-imaging vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
Python Imaging Library could be made to overwrite or expose files.
Software Description
- python-imaging - Python Imaging Library
Details
Jakub Wilk discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files, or gain access to temporary file contents. (CVE-2014-1932, CVE-2014-1933)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 13.10
- python-imaging - 1.1.7+2.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 12.10
- python-imaging - 1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.10.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- python-imaging - 1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.04.1
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- python-imaging - 1.1.7-1ubuntu0.2
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.