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Gentoo: GLSA-202407-27 Normal: ExifTool Multiple Threats - Update Required

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Calendar Grey July 24, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Explore the latest Gentoo security advisory GLSA 202407-28, uncovering critical vulnerabilities and providing comprehensive upgrade guidelines.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ExifTool, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code execution multiple threats normal severity ExifTool

Resolution

All ExifTool users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/exiftool-12.42"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2021-22204 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22204 [ 2 ] CVE-2022-23935 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23935

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-27
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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: ExifTool: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 24, 2024
Bugs: #785667, #791397, #803317, #832033
ID: 202407-27

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo arbitrary code execution multiple threats normal severity ExifTool

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ExifTool, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background

ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected ------------------- ------------ ------------ media-libs/exiftool < 12.42 >= 12.42

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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