Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Pillow vulnerabilities (USN-5777-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 168673

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-5777-1 advisory.

 - Pillow before 9.0.1 allows attackers to delete files because spaces in temporary pathnames are mishandled.
 (CVE-2022-24303)

 - Pillow before 9.2.0 performs Improper Handling of Highly Compressed GIF Data (Data Amplification).
 (CVE-2022-45198)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected python3-pil and / or python3-pil.imagetk packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5777-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 168673

File Name: ubuntu_USN-5777-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/13/2022

Updated: 1/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Temporal Vector: CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24303

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pil, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:python3-pil.imagetk

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24303, CVE-2022-45198

USN: 5777-1