Ubuntu alert USN-6618-1 (pillow)
| From: | Marc Deslauriers <marc.deslauriers@canonical.com> | |
| To: | "ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com> | |
| Subject: | [USN-6618-1] Pillow vulnerabilities | |
| Date: | Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:21:59 -0500 | |
| Message-ID: | <16747452-4d69-401f-b9cc-ed37e8160a70@canonical.com> |
========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6618-1 January 30, 2024 pillow vulnerabilities ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 23.10 - 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 certain long text arguments. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2023-44271) Duarte Santos discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled the environment parameter to PIL.ImageMath.eval. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2023-50447) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 23.10: python3-pil 10.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: python3-pil 9.0.1-1ubuntu0.2 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: python3-pil 7.0.0-4ubuntu0.8 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6618-1 CVE-2023-44271, CVE-2023-50447 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/10.0.0-1ubunt... https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/9.0.1-1ubuntu0.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/7.0.0-4ubuntu0.8