Exploit/Advisories

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6744-1
April 22, 2024

pillow vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 23.10
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Available with Ubuntu Pro)

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.

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

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