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December 9, 2013
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenEXR, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service condition
Summary
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenEXR. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All OpenEXR users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/openexr-1.7.0"
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since December 08, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.
Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these packages.
NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are available since December 08, 2010. It is likely that your system is already no longer affected by this issue.
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2009-1720 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-1720 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-1721 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-1721
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201312-07
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: OpenEXR: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: December 09, 2013
Bugs: #277202
ID: 201312-07
Topics Covered
Background
OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by
Industrial Light & Magic for use in computer imaging applications.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 media-libs/openexr < 1.7.0 >= 1.7.0
Impact
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A context-dependent attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a
Denial of Service condition via unspecified vectors.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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