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openSUSE 15.2: 2021:0743-1 Moderate Security Fix for Jhead

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Calendar Grey May 16, 2021
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
We're thrilled to unveil the latest jhead update in openSUSE, enhancing functionality and fixing issues with image processing for improved performance and stability
An update that fixes 9 vulnerabilities is now available

Description

This update for jhead fixes the following issues:

jhead was updated to 3.06.0.1

* lot of fuzztest fixes

* Apply a whole bunch of patches from Debian.

* Spell check and fuzz test stuff from Debian, nothing useful to human

users.

* Add option to set exif date from date from another file.

* Bug fixes relating to fuzz testing.

* Fix bug where thumbnail replacement DID NOT WORK.

* Fix bug when no orientation tag is present

* Fix bug of not clearing exif information when processing images with an

without exif data in one invocation.

* Remove some unnecessary warnings with some types of GPS data

* Remove multiple copies of the same type of section when deleting section

types

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update software update security fix moderate severity patch image processing openSUSE jhead

Patch

Patch Instructions:

To install this openSUSE Security 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 15.2:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2021-743=1

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 15.2 (x86_64):

jhead-3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1

jhead-debuginfo-3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1

jhead-debugsource-3.06.0.1-lp152.7.6.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3822.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-16554.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-17088.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6612.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1010301.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1010302.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6624.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-6625.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3496.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1144316

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1144354

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160544

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1160547

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2021:0743-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 15.2 .

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update software update security fix moderate severity patch image processing openSUSE jhead

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