SB2021050426 - SUSE update for openexr



SB2021050426 - SUSE update for openexr

Published: May 4, 2021

Security Bulletin ID SB2021050426
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-20296)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error in the Dwa decompression functionality. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


2) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-23215)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


3) Integer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-26260)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the DwaCompressor of OpenEXR. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger integer overflow and perform a denial of service attack.


4) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3477)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the deep tile sample size calculations. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


5) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3479)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources within the Scanline API functionality. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted file, trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.