USN-3230-1: Pillow vulnerabilities
13 March 2017
Several security issues were fixed in Pillow.
Releases
Packages
- pillow - Python Imaging Library
Details
It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain compressed text
chunks in PNG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to
cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-9601)
Cris Neckar discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed
images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.
(CVE-2016-9189)
Cris Neckar discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed
images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.
(CVE-2016-9190)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 16.10
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04
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python-imaging
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2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4
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python-pil
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2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4
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python3-imaging
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2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4
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python3-pil
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2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3090-1: python-pil, pillow, python-pil.imagetk, python3-imaging-sane, python3-pil, python3-imaging-tk, python-imaging-sane, python-imaging-tk, python-sane, python-pil-doc, python-imaging-compat, python3-pil.imagetk, python3-sane, python-imaging, python3-imaging, python-imaging-doc
- USN-3229-1: python-imaging
- USN-3090-2: python-pil, pillow, python-pil.imagetk, python3-imaging-sane, python3-pil, python3-imaging-tk, python-imaging-sane, python-imaging-tk, python-sane, python-pil-doc, python-imaging-compat, python3-pil.imagetk, python3-sane, python-imaging, python3-imaging, python-imaging-doc