CWE
264
Advisory Published
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2014-1933

First published: Thu Apr 17 2014(Updated: )

The (1) JpegImagePlugin.py and (2) EpsImagePlugin.py scripts in Python Image Library (PIL) 1.1.7 and earlier and Pillow before 2.3.1 uses the names of temporary files on the command line, which makes it easier for local users to conduct symlink attacks by listing the processes.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
pip/Pillow<2.3.1
2.3.1
Python Pillow<=2.3.0
Pythonware Python Imaging Library<=1.1.7
debian/pillow
8.1.2+dfsg-0.3+deb11u2
9.4.0-1.1+deb12u1
10.4.0-1
<=2.3.0
<=1.1.7

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