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Ubuntu 14.04 ESM: USN-4698-1 Important: ImageMagick Security Flaw

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Potential exploits in Pillow on Ubuntu 14.04 ESM may enable malicious users to disrupt services or run harmful commands. Take action now!
Pillow could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Pillow could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a

specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- pillow: Python Imaging Library

Details:

USN-4697-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

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

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

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

resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-35653)

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. (CVE-2020-10177)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service Ubuntu system update update instructions software issue ubuntu image handling pillow Pillow

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:
  python-pil                      2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm2
  python3-pil                     2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4697-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4697-1

CVE-2020-10177, CVE-2020-35653

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January 20, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service Ubuntu system update update instructions software issue ubuntu image handling pillow Pillow

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