GLSA 201612-52: Pillow: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Pillow: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/31/2016
Bugs:	#507982, #573958, #599608, #599610, #599612
ID:	201612-52

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

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-python/pillow	< 3.4.2	>= 3.4.2	All supported architectures

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

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201612-52.xml

Concerns?

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.