USN-4763-1: Pillow vulnerabilities

Publication date

11 March 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Pillow.


Packages

  • pillow - Python Imaging Library

Details

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain Tiff image files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
Tiff file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-25289,
CVE-2021-25291)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain Tiff image files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
Tiff file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-25290)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain PDF files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
PDF...

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain Tiff image files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
Tiff file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-25289,
CVE-2021-25291)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain Tiff image files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
Tiff file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a
denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-25290)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain PDF files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
PDF file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to hang, resulting in a
denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04
LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-25292)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain SGI image files.
If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
SGI file, a remote attacker could possibly cause Pillow to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-25293)

Jiayi Lin, Luke Shaffer, Xinran Xie, and Akshay Ajayan discovered that
Pillow incorrectly handled certain BLP files. If a user or automated system
were tricked into opening a specially-crafted BLP file, a remote attacker
could possibly cause Pillow to consume resources, resulting in a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 20.10. (CVE-2021-27921)

Jiayi Lin, Luke Shaffer, Xinran Xie, and Akshay Ajayan discovered that
Pillow incorrectly handled certain ICNS files. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted ICNS file, a remote
attacker could possibly cause Pillow to consume resources, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-27922)

Jiayi Lin, Luke Shaffer, Xinran Xie, and Akshay Ajayan discovered that
Pillow incorrectly handled certain ICO files. If a user or automated
system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted ICO file, a remote
attacker could possibly cause Pillow to consume resources, resulting in a
denial of service. (CVE-2021-27922)


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
20.10 groovy python3-pil –  7.2.0-1ubuntu0.2
20.04 focal python3-pil –  7.0.0-4ubuntu0.3
18.04 bionic python-pil –  5.1.0-1ubuntu0.5
python3-pil –  5.1.0-1ubuntu0.5
16.04 xenial python-pil –  3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6
python3-pil –  3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6

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