Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2701-1 openexr -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

03 Jul 2021

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 986796, Bug 990450.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-16587, CVE-2021-3474, CVE-2021-3475, CVE-2021-3476, CVE-2021-3477, CVE-2021-3478, CVE-2021-3479, CVE-2021-3598, CVE-2021-20296, CVE-2021-23215, CVE-2021-26260.

More information:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in OpenEXR, a library and tools for the OpenEXR high dynamic-range (HDR) image format. An attacker could cause a denial of service (DoS) through application crash and excessive memory consumption.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.0-11+deb9u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your openexr packages.

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

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