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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.12.2016.3090.2
Category:Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3090-2)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the 'pillow' package(s) announced via the USN-3090-2 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the 'pillow' package(s) announced via the USN-3090-2 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
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.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that a flaw in processing a compressed text chunk in
a PNG image could cause the image to have a large size when decompressed,
potentially leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9601)

Andrew Drake discovered that Pillow incorrectly validated input. A remote
attacker could use this to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial
of service. (CVE-2014-3589)

Eric Soroos discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed
FLI, Tiff, and PhotoCD files. A remote attacker could use this issue to
cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2016-0740, CVE-2016-0775, CVE-2016-2533)

Affected Software/OS:
'pillow' package(s) on Ubuntu 14.04.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
5.0

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-9601
BugTraq ID: 77758
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77758
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-January/148442.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2015:0798 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-04/msg00056.html
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