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Ubuntu 20.04: USN-4430-2 Moderate: Pillow Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey July 23, 2020
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Debian Security Alert DSA-4960-1 addresses gdk-pixbuf vulnerabilities that may lead to application crashes when processing particular image files.
Pillow could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Pillow could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- pillow: Python Imaging Library

Details:

USN-4430-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides the

corresponding updates for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If

a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted

image file, a remote attacker could possibly cause Pillow to crash,

resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update software issue ubuntu crash pillow

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  python3-pil                     7.0.0-4ubuntu0.1

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4430-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4430-1

CVE-2020-10177, CVE-2020-10378, CVE-2020-10379, CVE-2020-10994,

CVE-2020-11538

July 23, 2020

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service update software issue ubuntu crash pillow

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/7.0.0-4ubuntu0.1

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