Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3230-1

Ubuntu Security Notice 3230-1 – It was discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain compressed text chunks in PNG images. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Cris Neckar discovered that Pillow incorrectly handled certain malformed images. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Pillow to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information. Various other issues were also addressed.

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