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openSUSE exiv2 Low Performance Vulnerability Advisory 2026-0231-1

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Calendar Grey January 22, 2026
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Update for exiv2 on openSUSE addresses a low severity issue affecting performance. Immediate action is recommended.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for exiv2-0_26 fixes the following issues:

Add reference for previously fixed issue:

* CVE-2025-55304: Fixed quadratic performance algorithm in the ICC profile

parsing code of `JpegBase::readMetadata` (bsc#1248963).

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security advisory low performance OpenSUSE exiv2 cve-2025-55304

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-231=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-231=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-231=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-231=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-231=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP4-2026-231=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* exiv2-0_26-debugsource-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (x86_64)

* libexiv2-26-32bit-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.4 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libexiv2-26-64bit-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* libexiv2-26-64bit-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* exiv2-0_26-debugsource-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* libexiv2-26-32bit-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 (aarch64

x86_64)

* libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 (aarch64

x86_64)

* libexiv2-26-0.26-150400.9.27.1

* libexiv2-26-debuginfo-0.26-150400.9.27.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1248963

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-55304.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1248963

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0231-1
Release Date: 2026-01-22T12:23:05Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.4 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

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