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SUSE: 2021:14757-1 Critical: OpenEXR Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2021
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Critical patch for OpenEXR rectifying severe vulnerabilities such as buffer overflow and improper memory management issues.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for OpenEXR fixes the following issues: - Fixed CVE-2021-3479 [bsc#1184354]: Out-of-memory caused by allocation of a very large buffer - Fixed CVE-2021-3605 [bsc#1187395]: Heap buffer overflow in the rleUncompress function Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE 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: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS: zypper in -t patch slessp4-OpenEXR-14757=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch sleposp3-OpenEXR-14757=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4: zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-OpenEXR-14757=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3: zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-OpenEXR-14757=1 Package List:

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SUSE Linux memory allocation OpenEXR

References

#1184354 #1187395

Cross- CVE-2021-3479 CVE-2021-3605

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-3479 (NVD) : 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-3479 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-3605 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3479.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3605.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1184354

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1187395

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14757-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SUSE Linux memory allocation OpenEXR

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