FS#70555 - [openexr] [Security] arbitrary code execution (CVE-2021-23169)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Jonas Witschel (diabonas) - Friday, 23 April 2021, 08:34 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Friday, 23 April 2021, 09:32 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Security
Status Closed
Assigned To Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Architecture All
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Summary
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The package openexr is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution via CVE-2021-23169.

Guidance
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Upgrading openexr to the latest version 3.0.1 (https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/releases/tag/v3.0.1) fixes the issue.

References
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https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1862
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/pull/872
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=28051
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=28155
https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr/commit/ae6d203892cc9311917a7f4f05354ef792b3e58e
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Closed by  Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Friday, 23 April 2021, 09:32 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Comment by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Friday, 23 April 2021, 09:20 GMT
Which is the relevant part of the commit? Except for the first chunk, the rest of the code is not in 2.5.5
Comment by Jonas Witschel (diabonas) - Friday, 23 April 2021, 09:29 GMT
Oh, you are right, the exrcheck executable that is affected by this issue has only been introduced in the 3.0.0 release. This bug report can be closed then, sorry for the noise!

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