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Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: USN-6744-2 Moderate: Pillow Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey April 22, 2024
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The recent Pillow vulnerability patch for Ubuntu 20.04 brings essential security enhancements aimed at mitigating crashes and potential remote code execution threats.
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-python2: Python Imaging Library (Pillow fork)

Details:

USN-6744-1 fixed a vulnerability in Pillow (Python 3). This update

provides the corresponding updates for Pillow (Python 2) in

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

Original advisory 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 code execution ubuntu pillow

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro):
   python-pil                      6.2.1-3ubuntu0.1~esm2

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

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6744-2

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

CVE-2024-28219

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6744-2

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security advisory moderate denial of service code execution ubuntu pillow

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