CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-1932
4.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2014-04-17
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.4 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• python pillow (<= 2.3.0)
• pythonware python imaging library (<= 1.1.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/11/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65511 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2168-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737059 bugs.debian.org
- https://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow/commit/4e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7 Exploit, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52 security.gentoo.org
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00002.html lists.opensuse.org
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/02/11/1 www.openwall.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65511 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2168-1 www.ubuntu.com
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737059 bugs.debian.org
- https://github.com/python-imaging/Pillow/commit/4e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7 Exploit, Patch
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52 security.gentoo.org