Security update for python-Pillow

SUSE Security Update: Security update for python-Pillow
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0777-1
Rating: moderate
References: #921566
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Cloud 5
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    An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:

    python-pillow has been updated to 2.7.0 to fix three security issues.

    The following vulnerabilities have been fixed:

    • CVE-2014-9601: Remote attackers could have caused a denial of service via a compressed text chunk in a PNG image that has a large size when it is decompressed.
    • CVE-2014-3598: Remote attackers could have caused a denial of service using specially crafted image files via Jpeg2KImagePlugin.
    • CVE-2014-3589: Remote attackers could have caused a denial of service using specially crafted image files via IcnsImagePlugin.
    • CVE-2014-1932: A local user could have overwritten arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the temporary file.
    • CVE-2014-1933: A local user could have gained information helpful for symlink attacks by listing process information which uses the names of temporary files on the command line.

    Security Issues:

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Cloud 5:
      zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-python-Pillow=10630

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Cloud 5 (x86_64) [New Version: 2.7.0]:
      • python-Pillow-2.7.0-0.7.1

    References: