1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-831-1

USN-831-1: OpenEXR vulnerabilities

Publication date

14 September 2009

Overview

OpenEXR vulnerabilities

Releases

Packages

Details

Drew Yao discovered several flaws in the way OpenEXR handled certain
malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted
EXR image file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application
crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1720, CVE-2009-1721)

It was discovered that OpenEXR did not properly handle certain malformed
EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2009-1722)

Drew Yao discovered several flaws in the way OpenEXR handled certain
malformed EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted
EXR image file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application
crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user
invoking the program. (CVE-2009-1720, CVE-2009-1721)

It was discovered that OpenEXR did not properly handle certain malformed
EXR image files. If a user were tricked into opening a crafted EXR image
file, an attacker could cause a denial of service via application crash, or
possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking
the program. This issue only affected Ubuntu 8.04 LTS. (CVE-2009-1722)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect 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
9.04 jaunty libopenexr6 –  1.6.1-3ubuntu1.9.04.1
8.10 intrepid libopenexr6 –  1.6.1-3ubuntu1.8.10.1
8.04 hardy libopenexr2ldbl –  1.2.2-4.4ubuntu1.1

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