MGASA-2022-0402 - Updated gdk-pixbuf2.0 packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 01 Nov 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0402.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 8
CVE: CVE-2021-44648

GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow
vulnerability when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data in GIF
files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12. (CVE-2021-44648)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30045
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/PEKBMOO52RXONWKB6ZKKHTVPLF6WC3KF/
- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/LAG7HNTW3KWGP2EF5FBPHDA3R5UPDYZY/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5228
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5607-1
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44648

SRPMS:
- 8/core/gdk-pixbuf2.0-2.42.2-1.2.mga8

Mageia 2022-0402: gdk-pixbuf2.0 security update

GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals t...

Summary

GNOME gdk-pixbuf 2.42.6 is vulnerable to a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data in GIF files with lzw minimum code size equals to 12. (CVE-2021-44648)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30045

- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/PEKBMOO52RXONWKB6ZKKHTVPLF6WC3KF/

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/thread/LAG7HNTW3KWGP2EF5FBPHDA3R5UPDYZY/

- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5228

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5607-1

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-44648

Resolution

MGASA-2022-0402 - Updated gdk-pixbuf2.0 packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 8/core/gdk-pixbuf2.0-2.42.2-1.2.mga8

Severity
Publication date: 01 Nov 2022
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2022-0402.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2021-44648

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