Gentoo GLSA-201612-52 Normal: Pillow Multiple Execution Threats
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December 31, 2016
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pillow, the worst of which may allow execution of arbitrary code.
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pillow. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Pillow users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/pillow-3.4.2"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2014-1932 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1932 [ 2 ] CVE-2014-1933 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1933 [ 3 ] CVE-2016-0740 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0740 [ 4 ] CVE-2016-0775 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0775 [ 5 ] CVE-2016-2533 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2533 [ 6 ] CVE-2016-4009 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4009 [ 7 ] CVE-2016-9189 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9189 [ 8 ] CVE-2016-9190 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9190
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Pillow: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: December 31, 2016
Bugs: #507982, #573958, #599608, #599610, #599612
ID: 201612-52
Topics Covered
Background
The friendly PIL fork.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-python/pillow < 3.4.2 >= 3.4.2
Impact
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A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application, or
obtain sensitive information.
A remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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