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A perl-Image-ExifTool security update has been released for Fedora 34.



SECURITY: Fedora 34 Update: perl-Image-ExifTool-12.38-1.fc34


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2022-f3ab9c77bc
2022-02-04 01:20:59.298205
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Name : perl-Image-ExifTool
Product : Fedora 34
Version : 12.38
Release : 1.fc34
URL :   http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/%7Ephil/exiftool/
Summary : Utility for reading and writing image meta info
Description :
ExifTool is a Perl module with an included command-line application for
reading and writing meta information in image, audio, and video files.
It reads EXIF, GPS, IPTC, XMP, JFIF, MakerNotes, GeoTIFF, ICC Profile,
Photoshop IRB, FlashPix, AFCP, and ID3 meta information from JPG, JP2,
TIFF, GIF, PNG, MNG, JNG, MIFF, EPS, PS, AI, PDF, PSD, BMP, THM, CRW,
CR2, MRW, NEF, PEF, ORF, DNG, and many other types of images. ExifTool
also extracts information from the maker notes of many digital cameras
by various manufacturers including Canon, Casio, FujiFilm, GE, HP,
JVC/Victor, Kodak, Leaf, Minolta/Konica-Minolta, Nikon, Olympus/Epson,
Panasonic/Leica, Pentax/Asahi, Reconyx, Ricoh, Samsung, Sanyo,
Sigma/Foveon, and Sony.

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Update Information:

Update to 12.38 to fix CVE-2022-23935
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Jan 25 2022 Tom Callaway - 12.38-1
- update to 12.38 for CVE-2022-23935
NOTE: 12.38 is not considered a "Stable" release and is not on CPAN
* Fri Jan 21 2022 Fedora Release Engineering - 12.30-2
- Rebuilt for   https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_36_Mass_Rebuild
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2045028 - CVE-2022-23935 perl-Image-ExifTool: lib/Image/ExifTool.pm in ExifTool before 12.38 mishandles a $file =~ /\|$/ check
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2045028
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2022-f3ab9c77bc' at the command
line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
  http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
  https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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