Insecure session management In pillow
Description
PIL and Pillow Vulnerable to Symlink Attack on Tmpfiles
The (1) load_djpeg function in JpegImagePlugin.py, (2) Ghostscript function in EpsImagePlugin.py, (3) load function in IptcImagePlugin.py, and (4) _copy function in Image.py in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 do not properly create temporary files, which allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files and obtain sensitive information via a symlink attack on the temporary file.
Mitigation
Update Impact
Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.
Ecosystem | Package | Affected version | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|---|
 pypi | 2.3.1 | ||
 debian 11 | 2.4.0-1 | ||
debian 12 | 2.4.0-1 | ||
debian 14 | 2.4.0-1 | ||
 rpm rhel6 | - | - | |
rpm rhel7 | - | - | |
debian 13 | 2.4.0-1 | ||
rpm rhel5 | - | - |
Aliases
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References
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