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Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : Pillow regresssion (USN-3090-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 93827

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3090-2 advisory.

 USN-3090-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Pillow. The patch to fix CVE-2014-9601 caused a regression which resulted in failures when processing certain png images. This update temporarily reverts the security fix for CVE-2014-9601 pending further investigation.

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

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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-3090-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 93827

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3090-2.nasl

Version: 2.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/3/2016

Updated: 10/29/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-9601

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:14.04:-: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, 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: 9/30/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9601

USN: 3090-2