CVE-2014-1932: PIL and Pillow Vulnerable to Symlink Attack on Tmpfiles
(updated )
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.
References
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737059
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-x895-2wrm-hvp7
- github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pillow/PYSEC-2014-22.yaml
- github.com/python-imaging/Pillow/commit/4e9f367dfd3f04c8f5d23f7f759ec12782e10ee7
- github.com/python-pillow/Pillow
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1932
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-52
- web.archive.org/web/20170103151725/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65511
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