USN-4697-2

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    USN-4697-2

    Published: 20 Jan 2021Last Modified: 27 Apr 2026

    Summary: pillow vulnerabilities

    Details: USN-4697-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Pillow. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM. Original advisory details: It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain PCX image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted PCX file, a remote attacker could possibly cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-35653) It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain image files. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially-crafted image file, a remote attacker could possibly cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-10177)

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4697-2, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-10177, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-35653

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: pillow

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.3.0-1ubuntu3.4+esm2

    Affected versions

    2.2.1-1ubuntu2
    2.2.1-2ubuntu1
    2.2.1-3ubuntu2
    2.2.1-3ubuntu3
    2.2.1-3ubuntu4
    2.2.1-3ubuntu6

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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