1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4272-1

USN-4272-1: Pillow vulnerabilities

Publication date

6 February 2020

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Pillow.

Releases

Packages

  • 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.
(

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

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
19.10 eoan python-pil –  6.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
python3-pil –  6.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
18.04 bionic python-pil –  5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
python3-pil –  5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2
16.04 xenial python-imaging –  3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3
python-pil –  3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3
python3-pil –  3.1.2-0ubuntu1.3
14.04 trusty 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  

Reduce your security exposure

Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines.

Get Ubuntu Pro

References

Have additional questions?

Talk to a member of the team ›