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Add release notes for 8.0.1 #5000

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@hugovk hugovk commented Oct 22, 2020

For #4764.

Changes proposed in this pull request:

  • Release notes for the FreeType security update.

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
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Technically speaking, it is only Pillow 2.9.0 onwards that are potentially vulnerable. Freetype 2.6 wasn't available before that.

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Also note that FT_LOAD_NO_BITMAP was added in Pillow 2.8.0, before the release of FreeType 2.6, in #1072, so 8.0.0 is the only version that is very likely to be vulnerable.

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@hugovk hugovk merged commit 23b747c into python-pillow:master Oct 22, 2020
@hugovk hugovk deleted the add-8.0.1 branch October 22, 2020 14:23
@hugovk hugovk added this to the 8.0.0 milestone Oct 22, 2020
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