Debian Long Term Support / LTS Security Information / 2021 / Security Information -- DLA-2663-1 libimage-exiftool-perl

Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2663-1 libimage-exiftool-perl -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

16 May 2021

Affected Packages:

libimage-exiftool-perl

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 987505.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-22204.

More information:

A vulnerability was discovered in libimage-exiftool-perl, a library and program to read and write meta information in multimedia files, which may result in execution of arbitrary code if a malformed DjVu file is processed.

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 10.40-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your libimage-exiftool-perl packages.

For the detailed security status of libimage-exiftool-perl please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/libimage-exiftool-perl

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS