Executive Summary



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Summary
Title Python Imaging Library vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3229-1 First vendor Publication 2017-03-13
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2017-03-13
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 6.8 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in the Python Imaging Library.

Software Description: - python-imaging: Python Imaging Library

Details:

It was discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled certain compressed text chunks in PNG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause the Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2014-9601)

Cris Neckar discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled certain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-9189)

Cris Neckar discovered that the Python Imaging Library incorrectly handled certain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause the Python Imaging Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2016-9190)

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
python-imaging 1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.04.3

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3229-1
CVE-2014-9601, CVE-2016-9189, CVE-2016-9190

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-imaging/1.1.7-4ubuntu0.12.04.3

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3229-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
33 % CWE-284 Access Control (Authorization) Issues
33 % CWE-190 Integer Overflow or Wraparound (CWE/SANS Top 25)
33 % CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 21
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1
Os 1

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2017-05-01 Name : The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.
File : EulerOS_SA-2017-1049.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-3229-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-03-14 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3230-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-03 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-201612-52.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-12-05 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing one or more security-related updates.
File : freebsd_pkg_bc4898d5a79411e6b2d360a44ce6887b.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-11-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3710.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-10-03 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3090-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-09-28 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-3090-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-04-30 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-337.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-03-30 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2015-099.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-01-22 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-0667.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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