Security update for OpenEXR

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:14757-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2021-3479 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3479 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3605 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2021-3605 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for OpenEXR fixes the following issues:

  • Fixed CVE-2021-3479 [bsc#1184354]: Out-of-memory caused by allocation of a very large buffer
  • Fixed CVE-2021-3605 [bsc#1187395]: Heap buffer overflow in the rleUncompress function

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3
    zypper in -t patch sleposp3-OpenEXR-14757=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-OpenEXR-14757=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-OpenEXR-14757=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Service 11 SP3 (i586)
    • OpenEXR-1.6.1-83.17.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • OpenEXR-1.6.1-83.17.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS 11-SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • OpenEXR-32bit-1.6.1-83.17.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64 i586)
    • OpenEXR-1.6.1-83.17.25.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (ppc64 s390x x86_64)
    • OpenEXR-32bit-1.6.1-83.17.25.1

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