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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS : Pillow vulnerabilities (USN-4272-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 133550

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4272-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2019-16865, CVE-2019-19911)

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-5312)

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain TIFF images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2020-5310)

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain SGI images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 and Ubuntu 19.10.
 (CVE-2020-5311)

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain PCX images. An attackter could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. (CVE-2020-5312)

 It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain Flip images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code or cause a crash. (CVE-2020-5313)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4272-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 133550

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4272-1.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/7/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-5312

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pil.imagetk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-imaging-tk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-sane, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-imaging-sane, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-imaging-compat, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-imaging-tk, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-sane, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-imaging-sane, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-imaging, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-imaging, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python-pil.imagetk

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/6/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-16865, CVE-2019-19911, CVE-2020-5310, CVE-2020-5311, CVE-2020-5312, CVE-2020-5313

USN: 4272-1