SB2021050115 - Fedora 33 update for mingw-OpenEXR
Published: May 1, 2021
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23169)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the copyIntoFrameBuffer function of OpenEXR. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26260)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.
3) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23215)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.
The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.