Debian: DSA-3009-1: python-imaging security update

Date21 Aug 2014

CategoryDebian Linux Distribution - Security Advisories

Posted ByLinuxSecurity Advisories

Andrew Drake discovered that missing input sanitising in the icns decoder of the Python Imaging Library could result in denial of service if a malformed image is processed.

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Debian Security Advisory DSA-3009-1                   This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
https://www.debian.org/security/                        Moritz Muehlenhoff
August 21, 2014                        https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : python-imaging
CVE ID         : CVE-2014-3589

Andrew Drake discovered that missing input sanitising in the icns decoder
of the Python Imaging Library could result in denial of service if a
malformed image is processed.

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.1.7-4+deb7u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.5.3-1 of the pillow source package.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-imaging packages.

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