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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

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

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