Ubuntu alert USN-5227-1 (pillow)

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Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com>
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[USN-5227-1] Pillow vulnerabilities
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Thu, 13 Jan 2022 09:30:21 -0500
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5227-1
January 13, 2022

pillow vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 21.10
- Ubuntu 21.04
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Pillow.

Software Description:
- 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
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to hang, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2021-23437)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. This issue ony affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and
Ubuntu 21.04. (CVE-2021-34552)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22815)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2022-22816)

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a
user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted
file, a remote attacker could cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial
of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-22817)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 21.10:
  python3-pil                     8.1.2+dfsg-0.3ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 21.04:
  python3-pil                     8.1.2-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  python3-pil                     7.0.0-4ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  python-pil                      5.1.0-1ubuntu0.7
  python3-pil                     5.1.0-1ubuntu0.7

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5227-1
  CVE-2021-23437, CVE-2021-34552, CVE-2022-22815, CVE-2022-22816,
  CVE-2022-22817

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/8.1.2+dfsg-0....
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/8.1.2-1ubuntu0.2
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/7.0.0-4ubuntu0.5
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/5.1.0-1ubuntu0.7

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