Ubuntu alert USN-5777-1 (pillow)

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Fabian Toepfer <fabian.toepfer@canonical.com>
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ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
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[USN-5777-1] Pillow vulnerabilities
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Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:28:18 +0100
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-5777-1
December 13, 2022

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

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Pillow.

Software Description:
- 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)

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   python3-pil                     9.0.1-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   python3-pil                     7.0.0-4ubuntu0.7

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5777-1
   CVE-2022-24303, CVE-2022-45198

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/9.0.1-1ubuntu0.1
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/7.0.0-4ubuntu0.7