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Gentoo: GLSA-202411-07 High Severity: Pillow Arbitrary Code Execution

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Calendar Grey November 17, 2024
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory: GLSA 202411-08 tackles critical vulnerability in Requests library. Immediate patching advised.
A vulnerability has been discovered in Pillow, which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

A vulnerability has been discovered in Pillow. Please review the CVE identifier referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

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Resolution

All Pillow users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/pillow-10.3.0"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2024-28219 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28219

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202411-07
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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.

Severity: High
Title: Pillow: Arbitrary code execution
Date: November 17, 2024
Bugs: #928391
ID: 202411-07

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Topics Covered

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Synopsis

A vulnerability has been discovered in Pillow, which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

The friendly PIL fork.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ----------------- ------------ ------------ dev-python/pillow < 10.3.0 >= 10.3.0

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifier for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.