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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM USN-4996-2 Critical OpenEXR Remote Code Execution

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Calendar Grey June 22, 2021
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu 16.04 ESM update addresses vulnerabilities in OpenEXR image processing to mitigate possible security threats.
Several security issues were fixed in OpenEXR.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in OpenEXR.

Software Description:

- openexr: tools for the OpenEXR image format

Details:

USN-4996-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenEXR. This update provides

the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR

image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file,

a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute

arbitrary code.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue remote code execution Ubuntu image handling OpenEXR

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:
  libopenexr22                    2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm1
  openexr                         2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4996-2

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4996-1

CVE-2021-20296, CVE-2021-23215, CVE-2021-26260, CVE-2021-3598,

CVE-2021-3605

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June 22, 2021

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical issue remote code execution Ubuntu image handling OpenEXR

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