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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-3482: Moderate: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-4173)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2021-3482: Moderate: exiv2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-4173)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/08/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
09/15/2022

Description

A flaw was found in Exiv2 in versions before and including 0.27.4-RC1. Improper input validation of the rawData.size property in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow via a crafted JPG image containing malicious EXIF data.

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-exiv2
  • alma-upgrade-exiv2-devel
  • alma-upgrade-exiv2-doc
  • alma-upgrade-exiv2-libs

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