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Debian Stretch DLA-2663-1 Critical: Libimage-Exiftool-Perl Execution Risk

debian lts
Calendar Grey May 16, 2021
Dist Debian Esm H88
An important security patch for libimage-exiftool-perl mitigates the threat of code execution stemming from improperly structured DjVu documents.
A vulnerability was discovered in libimage-exiftool-perl, a library and program to read and write meta information in multimedia files, which may result in execution of arbitrary c...
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Summary

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version
10.40-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libimage-exiftool-perl packages.

For the detailed security status of libimage-exiftool-perl please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/libimage-exiftool-perl

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS


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Package: libimage-exiftool-perl
Version: 10.40-1+deb9u1
CVE ID: CVE-2021-22204
Debian Bug: 987505

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