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Fedora 32: FEDORA-2021-e3d8833d36 Critical: ExifTool Code Execution

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2021
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Attention Users: New update available for perl-Image-ExifTool in Fedora addresses serious vulnerability that could allow unauthorized code execution.
Fix CVE-2021-22204.

Summary

ExifTool is a Perl module with an included command-line application for

reading and writing meta information in image, audio, and video files.

It reads EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile,

Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, and ID3 meta information from JPG, JP2,

TIFF, GIF, PNG, MNG, JNG, MIFF, EPS, PS, AI, PDF, PSD, BMP, THM, CRW,

CR2, MRW, NEF, PEF, ORF, DNG, and many other types of images. ExifTool

also extracts information from the maker notes of many digital cameras

by various manufacturers including Canon, Casio, FujiFilm, GE, HP,

JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson,

Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Reconyx, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo,

Sigma/Foveon, and Sony.

Fix CVE-2021-22204.

* Mon Apr 26 2021 Tom Callaway - 12.16-3

- apply upstream fix for CVE-2021-22204

* Wed Jan 27 2021 Fedora Release Engineering - 12.16-2

- Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_34_Mass_Rebuild

[ 1 ] Bug #1953616 - CVE-2021-22204 perl-Image-ExifTool: improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format allows arbitrary code execution when parsing a malicious image

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1953616

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-e3d8833d36' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Product: Fedora 32
Version: 12.16
Release: 3.fc32
Summary: Utility for reading and writing image meta info

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