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Ubuntu 23.10 USN-6744-1 Critical: Pillow Buffer Overflow Exploit

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Calendar Grey April 22, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability in the Pillow library for Ubuntu presents risks that may lead to system crashes or arbitrary code execution. Immediate action is advised to update any impacted software.
Pillow could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator if it opened a specially crafted file.

Summary

Pillow could be made to crash or run programs as an administrator

if it opened a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- pillow: Python Imaging Library

Details:

Hugo van Kemenade discovered that Pillow was not properly performing

bounds checks when processing an ICC file, which could lead to a buffer

overflow. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a

specially crafted ICC file, an attacker could possibly use this issue

to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service buffer overflow ubuntu pillow

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 23.10:
   python3-pil                     10.0.0-1ubuntu0.2

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
   python3-pil                     9.0.1-1ubuntu0.3

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
   python3-pil                     7.0.0-4ubuntu0.9

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   python-pil                      5.1.0-1ubuntu0.8+esm1
   python3-pil                     5.1.0-1ubuntu0.8+esm1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   python-pil                      3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6+esm2
   python3-pil                     3.1.2-0ubuntu1.6+esm2

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   python-pil                      2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm4
   python3-pil                     2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm4

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6744-1

CVE-2024-28219

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6744-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate denial of service buffer overflow ubuntu pillow

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/10.0.0-1ubuntu0.2
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/9.0.1-1ubuntu0.3
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/7.0.0-4ubuntu0.9

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