Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2023-2241
Advisory Release Date: 2023-08-31 22:30 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2023-09-07 18:49 Pacific
Severity:
Medium
Issue Overview:
There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability. (CVE-2021-3479)
Affected Packages:
OpenEXR
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update OpenEXR to update your system.
New Packages:
aarch64:
OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
OpenEXR-devel-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
OpenEXR-debuginfo-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64
i686:
OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
OpenEXR-devel-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
OpenEXR-debuginfo-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686
src:
OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.src
x86_64:
OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
OpenEXR-devel-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64
OpenEXR-debuginfo-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64