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Gentoo: GLSA-202210-32 Elevated Risk: OpenEXR Remote Code Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey October 30, 2022
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
OpenEXR identified several vulnerabilities, with one posing a risk of arbitrary code execution. It's recommended to update to reduce potential threats.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenEXR, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenEXR. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution multiple threats normal severity openexr

Resolution

All OpenEXR users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/openexr-3.1.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-3598 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3598 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-3605 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3605 [ 3 ] CVE-2021-3933 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3933 [ 4 ] CVE-2021-3941 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3941 [ 5 ] CVE-2021-20304 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20304 [ 6 ] CVE-2021-23169 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23169 [ 7 ] CVE-2021-45942 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45942

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202210-31
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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.

Severity: Normal
Title: OpenEXR: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: October 31, 2022
Bugs: #838079, #830384, #817431, #810541, #801373, #787452
ID: 202210-31

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Topics Covered

security advisory gentoo code execution multiple threats normal severity openexr

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenEXR, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

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

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 media-libs/openexr < 3.1.5 >= 3.1.5

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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