1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5777-1

USN-5777-1: Pillow vulnerabilities

Publication date

13 December 2022

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Pillow.

Releases

Packages

  • pillow - Python Imaging Library

Details

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled the deletion of temporary
files when using a temporary directory that contains spaces. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to delete arbitrary files. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24303)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled the decompression of highly
compressed GIF data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-45198)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled the deletion of temporary
files when using a temporary directory that contains spaces. An attacker could
possibly use this issue to delete arbitrary files. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24303)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled the decompression of highly
compressed GIF data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow
to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2022-45198)

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
22.04 jammy python3-pil –  9.0.1-1ubuntu0.1
20.04 focal python3-pil –  7.0.0-4ubuntu0.7

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