[gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201612-52 ] Pillow: Multiple vulnerabilities

[Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@gentoo.org>]

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 201612-52
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                                           https://security.gentoo.org/
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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Pillow: Multiple vulnerabilities
     Date: December 31, 2016
     Bugs: #507982, #573958, #599608, #599610, #599612
       ID: 201612-52

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Synopsis
========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Pillow, the worst of which
may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Background
==========

The friendly PIL fork.

Affected packages
=================

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     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
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  1  dev-python/pillow            < 3.4.2                    >= 3.4.2

Description
===========

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pillow. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
======

A local attacker could perform symlink attacks to overwrite arbitrary
files with the privileges of the user running the application, or
obtain sensitive information.

A remote attackers could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of
the process, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Pillow users should upgrade to the latest version:

  # emerge --sync
  # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/pillow-3.4.2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-1932
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1932
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-1933
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-1933
[ 3 ] CVE-2016-0740
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0740
[ 4 ] CVE-2016-0775
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-0775
[ 5 ] CVE-2016-2533
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-2533
[ 6 ] CVE-2016-4009
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-4009
[ 7 ] CVE-2016-9189
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9189
[ 8 ] CVE-2016-9190
      http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2016-9190

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2016 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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