1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-4996-2

USN-4996-2: OpenEXR vulnerabilities

Publication date

22 June 2021

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in OpenEXR.

Releases

Packages

  • openexr - tools for the OpenEXR image format

Details

USN-4996-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenEXR. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

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, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

USN-4996-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in OpenEXR. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

Original advisory details:

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, or possibly execute
arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial libopenexr22 –  2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm1  
openexr –  2.2.0-10ubuntu2.6+esm1  

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