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Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2491-1 openexr -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

13 Dec 2020

Affected Packages:

openexr

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-16588, CVE-2020-16589.

More information:

Two issues were discovered in openexr, a set of tools to manipulate OpenEXR image files, often in the computer-graphics industry for visual effects and animation.

• CVE-2020-16588

  A Null Pointer Deference issue exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in generatePreview in makePreview.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.

• CVE-2020-16589

  A head-based buffer overflow exists in Academy Software Foundation OpenEXR 2.3.0 in writeTileData in ImfTiledOutputFile.cpp that can cause a denial of service via a crafted EXR file.

For Debian 9 Stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.0-11+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your openexr packages.

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