USN-4339-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities
openexr vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 19.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Summary
Several security issues were fixed in OpenEXR.
Software Description
- openexr – tools for the OpenEXR image format
Details
Brandon Perry discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed
EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2017-9111, CVE-2017-9113, CVE-2017-9115)
Tan Jie discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image file,
a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly execute
arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-18444)
Samuel Groß discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed
EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service, or possibly
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-11758, CVE-2020-11759, CVE-2020-11760,
CVE-2020-11761, CVE-2020-11762, CVE-2020-11763, CVE-2020-11764)
It was discovered that OpenEXR incorrectly handled certain malformed EXR
image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, a remote attacker could cause a denial of service. (CVE-2020-11765)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 20.04
- libopenexr24 – 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1
- openexr – 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 19.10
- libopenexr23 – 2.2.1-4.1ubuntu1.1
- openexr – 2.2.1-4.1ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- libopenexr22 – 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.2
- openexr – 2.2.0-11.1ubuntu1.2
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- libopenexr22 – 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.2
- openexr – 2.2.0-10ubuntu2.2
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
- CVE-2017-9111
- CVE-2017-9113
- CVE-2017-9115
- CVE-2018-18444
- CVE-2020-11758
- CVE-2020-11759
- CVE-2020-11760
- CVE-2020-11761
- CVE-2020-11762
- CVE-2020-11763
- CVE-2020-11764
- CVE-2020-11765
Source: USN-4339-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities
