CVE-2014-1932

Publication date 21 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

The (1) load_djpeg function in JpegImagePlugin.py, (2) Ghostscript function in EpsImagePlugin.py, (3) load function in IptcImagePlugin.py, and (4) _copy function in Image.py in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 do not properly create temporary files, which allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the temporary file.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pillow 13.10 saucy Not in release
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
python-imaging 13.10 saucy
Fixed 1.1.7+2.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
12.10 quantal
Fixed 1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.10.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.04.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1.1.7-1ubuntu0.2

Notes

seth-arnold

Normally mktemp() mistakes are classed as 'low' because Ubuntu has hardlink and symlink protections in the kernel. However, one of the discovered flaws is almost certainly also a shell metacharacter injection problem.

Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-imaging

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2168-1
    • Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities
    • 15 April 2014

Other references