Debian Security Advisory

DLA-2732-1 openexr -- LTS security update

Date Reported:

04 Aug 2021

Affected Packages:

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 990899.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2021-3605, CVE-2021-20299, CVE-2021-20300, CVE-2021-20302, CVE-2021-20303.

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 possibly execute code.

For Debian 9 stretch, these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.0-11+deb9u4.

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