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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-46829) ELSA-2023-2216: gdk-pixbuf2 security update

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Oracle Linux: (CVE-2021-46829) ELSA-2023-2216: gdk-pixbuf2 security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/24/2022
Created
05/18/2023
Added
05/17/2023
Modified
05/17/2023

Description

GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-devel
  • oracle-linux-upgrade-gdk-pixbuf2-modules

References

  • ELSA-2023-2216
  • CVE-2021-46829
  • USN-5554-1

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