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From: Chris Reffett <creffett@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201312-07 ] OpenEXR: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2013 06:29:26
Message-Id: 52A561FF.3050207@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201312-07
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: OpenEXR: Multiple Vulnerabilities
9 Date: December 09, 2013
10 Bugs: #277202
11 ID: 201312-07
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenEXR, allowing remote
19 attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service
20 condition.
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22 Background
23 ==========
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25 OpenEXR is a high dynamic-range (HDR) image file format developed by
26 Industrial Light & Magic for use in computer imaging applications.
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28 Affected packages
29 =================
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32 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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34 1 media-libs/openexr < 1.7.0 >= 1.7.0
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36 Description
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39 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenEXR. Please review
40 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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42 Impact
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45 A context-dependent attacker could execute arbitrary code or cause a
46 Denial of Service condition via unspecified vectors.
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48 Workaround
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51 There is no known workaround at this time.
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53 Resolution
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56 All OpenEXR users should upgrade to the latest version:
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58 # emerge --sync
59 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/openexr-1.7.0"
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61 Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
62 such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying some of these
63 packages.
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65 NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
66 available since December 08, 2010. It is likely that your system is
67 already no longer affected by this issue.
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69 References
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72 [ 1 ] CVE-2009-1720
73 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-1720
74 [ 2 ] CVE-2009-1721
75 http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-1721
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77 Availability
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80 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
81 the Gentoo Security Website:
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83 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201312-07.xml
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85 Concerns?
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88 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
89 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
90 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
91 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
92 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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94 License
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97 Copyright 2013 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
98 belongs to its owner(s).
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100 The contents of this document are licensed under the
101 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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103 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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