From 558b2e6cf6143acd6323f0887c112043f34b5fb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hugo van Kemenade Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:45:58 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Add release notes for 8.0.1 --- CHANGES.rst | 6 ++++++ docs/releasenotes/8.0.1.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ docs/releasenotes/index.rst | 1 + 3 files changed, 30 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/releasenotes/8.0.1.rst diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst index 6e1970cba..95a7d1c46 100644 --- a/CHANGES.rst +++ b/CHANGES.rst @@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ Changelog (Pillow) - Support raw rgba8888 for DDS #4760 [qiankanglai] +8.0.1 (2020-10-22) +------------------ + +- Update FreeType used in binary wheels to 2.10.4 to fix CVE-2020-15999. + [radarhere] + 8.0.0 (2020-10-15) ------------------ diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/8.0.1.rst b/docs/releasenotes/8.0.1.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..be10d8e47 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/releasenotes/8.0.1.rst @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +8.0.1 +----- + +Security +======== + +Update FreeType used in binary wheels to `2.10.4`_ to fix CVE-2020-15999_: + + - A heap buffer overflow has been found in the handling of embedded PNG bitmaps, + introduced in FreeType version 2.6. + + https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15999 + + If you use option ``FT_CONFIG_OPTION_USE_PNG`` you should upgrade immediately. + +Before Pillow 8.0.0 bitmap fonts were disabled with ``FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP``, but it is not +clear if this prevents the exploit and we recommend updating to Pillow 8.0.1. + +Pillow 8.0.0 and earlier are potentially vulnerable releases, including the last release +to support Python 2.7, namely Pillow 6.2.2. + +.. _2.10.4: https://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.10.4/ +.. _CVE-2020-15999: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15999 diff --git a/docs/releasenotes/index.rst b/docs/releasenotes/index.rst index ba81fbaf8..5c74bed9b 100644 --- a/docs/releasenotes/index.rst +++ b/docs/releasenotes/index.rst @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ expected to be backported to earlier versions. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 + 8.0.1 8.0.0 7.2.0 7.1.2