MGASA-2021-0093 - Updated openjpeg2 packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 02 Mar 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0093.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2020-27844

A flaw was found in openjpeg's src/lib/openjp2/t2.c in versions prior to 2.4.0.
This flaw allows an attacker to provide crafted input to openjpeg during
conversion and encoding, causing an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat
from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system
availability. (CVE-2020-27844).

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27986
- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2550
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27844

SRPMS:
- 7/core/openjpeg2-2.4.0-1.mga7

Mageia 2021-0093: openjpeg2 security update

A flaw was found in openjpeg's src/lib/openjp2/t2.c in versions prior to 2.4.0

Summary

A flaw was found in openjpeg's src/lib/openjp2/t2.c in versions prior to 2.4.0. This flaw allows an attacker to provide crafted input to openjpeg during conversion and encoding, causing an out-of-bounds write. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality, integrity, as well as system availability. (CVE-2020-27844).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27986

- https://www.debian.org/lts/security/2021/dla-2550

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-27844

Resolution

MGASA-2021-0093 - Updated openjpeg2 packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/openjpeg2-2.4.0-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 02 Mar 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0093.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2020-27844

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