QID 174984

QID 174984: SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for openexr (SUSE-SU-2021:1489-1)

This update for openexr fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2021-23215: Fixed an integer-overflow in
Imf_2_5:DwaCompressor:initializeBuffers (bsc#1185216).
- CVE-2021-26260: Fixed an Integer-overflow in
Imf_2_5:DwaCompressor:initializeBuffers (bsc#1185217).
- CVE-2021-20296: Fixed a Null Pointer dereference in
Imf_2_5:hufUncompress (bsc#1184355).
- CVE-2021-3477: Fixed a Heap-buffer-overflow in
Imf_2_5::DeepTiledInputFile::readPixelSampleCounts (bsc#1184353).
- CVE-2021-3479: Fixed an Out-of-memory caused by allocation of a very
large buffer (bsc#1184354).

Successful exploitation allows attacker to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.5 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest package which contains the patch. To install this SUSE Security, Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product. To install packages using the command line interface, use command "yum update". Refer to Suse security advisory: SUSE-SU-2021:1489-1 to address this issue and obtain further details.
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    SUSE-SU-2021:1489-1 SUSE Enterprise Linux URL Logo lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2021-May/008732.html