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SUSE: 2022:15748-2 Critical: Security Updates for OpenEXR Available

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Calendar Grey December 1, 2021
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The latest patch fixes several security flaws in OpenEXR, significantly improving the robustness and protection of SUSE systems.
An update that fixes 5 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for OpenEXR fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-20298: Fixed out-of-memory in B44Compressor (bsc#1188460). - CVE-2021-20300: Fixed integer-overflow in Imf_2_5:hufUncompress (bsc#1188458). - CVE-2021-20303: Fixed heap-buffer-overflow in Imf_2_5::copyIntoFrameBuffe (bsc#1188457). - CVE-2021-20304: Fixed undefined-shift in Imf_2_5:hufDecode (bsc#1188461). - CVE-2021-3941: Fixed divide-by-zero in Imf_3_1:RGBtoXYZ (bsc#1192556). 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-14846=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update moderate severity SUSE multiple vulnerabilities OpenEXR

References

#1188457 #1188458 #1188460 #1188461 #1192556

Cross- CVE-2021-20298 CVE-2021-20300 CVE-2021-20303

CVE-2021-20304 CVE-2021-3941

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-20298 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-20300 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE-2021-20303 (SUSE): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H

CVE-2021-20304 (SUSE): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CVE-2021-3941 (SUSE): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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-2021-20298.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14846-1
Rating: moderate

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security advisory security update moderate severity SUSE multiple vulnerabilities OpenEXR

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