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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202010-05 ] LibRaw: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 11:02:01
Message-Id: D49D4A38-FB65-4ABF-9767-0F4FA5BA1EF8@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202010-05
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: LibRaw: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: October 20, 2020
10 Bugs: #744190
11 ID: 202010-05
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in LibRaw, the worst of which
19 may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code.
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21 Background
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24 LibRaw is a library for reading RAW files obtained from digital photo
25 cameras.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 media-libs/libraw < 0.20.0 >= 0.20.0
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in LibRaw. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted image
45 file using an application linked against LibRaw, possibly resulting in
46 execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the process or a
47 Denial of Service condition.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All LibRaw users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/libraw-0.20.0"
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62 References
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65 [ 1 ] CVE-2020-24889
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24889
67 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-24890
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-24890
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202010-05
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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