[USN-6744-3] Pillow vulnerability

[Nick Galanis]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-6744-3
April 29, 2024

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

- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

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:

USN-6744-1 fixed a vulnerability in Pillow. This update
provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 24.04 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
   python3-pil                     10.2.0-1ubuntu1

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

References:
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6744-3
   https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6744-1
   CVE-2024-28219

Package Information:
   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pillow/10.2.0-1ubuntu1

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