USN-4430-1: Pillow vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 July 2020

Overview

Pillow could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • pillow - Python Imaging Library

Details

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If
a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
image file, a remote attacker could possibly cause Pillow to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If
a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
image file, a remote attacker could possibly cause Pillow to crash,
resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
18.04 bionic python-pil –  5.1.0-1ubuntu0.3
python3-pil –  5.1.0-1ubuntu0.3
16.04 xenial python-pil –  3.1.2-0ubuntu1.4
python3-pil –  3.1.2-0ubuntu1.4

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