SB2022122323 - Fedora 37 update for OpenImageIO

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SB2022122323 - Fedora 37 update for OpenImageIO

Published: December 23, 2022

Security Bulletin ID SB2022122323
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-43603)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the ZfileOutput::close() functionality. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41981)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the TGA file format parser. A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted TGA file, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References