ALAS2-2023-2241

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-3479  

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability. (CVE-2021-3479)

ALAS2-2023-2241


Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2241
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-31 22:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-07 18:49 Pacific
Severity: Medium

Issue Overview:

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability. (CVE-2021-3479)


Affected Packages:

OpenEXR


Issue Correction:
Run yum update OpenEXR to update your system.

New Packages:
aarch64:
    OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    OpenEXR-devel-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
    OpenEXR-debuginfo-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64

i686:
    OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
    OpenEXR-devel-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
    OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
    OpenEXR-debuginfo-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686

src:
    OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.src

x86_64:
    OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    OpenEXR-devel-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
    OpenEXR-debuginfo-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64