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Mageia 7, 8: 2021-0259 Critical: ExifTool Code Execution Risk

mageia
Calendar Grey June 16, 2021
Dist Mageia Esm H88
MGASA-2021-0260 addresses vulnerabilities in ruby-on-rails to prevent remote code execution through crafted web requests.
Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in ExifTool versions 7.44 and up allows arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image (CVE-2021-22204)

Summary

Improper neutralization of user data in the DjVu file format in ExifTool versions 7.44 and up allows arbitrary code execution when parsing the malicious image (CVE-2021-22204).

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=28927

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/09/1

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DDKDLJLBTBBR66OOPXSXCG2PQRM5KCZL/

- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2021/msg00091.html

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- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-22204

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution security fix mageia ExifTool image file risk

Resolution

SRPMS

- 7/core/perl-Image-ExifTool-11.300.0-1.1.mga7

- 8/core/perl-Image-ExifTool-12.0.0-1.1.mga8

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Publication date: 16 Jun 2021
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0259.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-22204

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory critical code execution security fix mageia ExifTool image file risk

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