USN-3229-1: Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3229-1

13th March, 2017

python-imaging vulnerabilities

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

• Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in the Python Imaging Library.

Software description

• python-imaging
  - Python Imaging Library
  
  

Details

It was discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled
certain compressed text chunks in PNG images. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause the Python Imaging Library to crash,
resulting in a denial of service. ()

Cris Neckar discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled
certain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause
the Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or
possibly execute arbitrary code. (

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

References

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CVE-2016-9190