A compat-exiv2-026 security update has been released for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
RHSA-2021:3153-01: Important: compat-exiv2-026 security update
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Red Hat Security Advisory
Synopsis: Important: compat-exiv2-026 security update
Advisory ID: RHSA-2021:3153-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:3153
Issue date: 2021-08-16
CVE Names: CVE-2021-31291
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1. Summary:
An update for compat-exiv2-026 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact
of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability
from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
2. Relevant releases/architectures:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
3. Description:
Exiv2 is a C++ library to access image metadata, supporting read and write
access to the Exif, IPTC and XMP metadata, Exif MakerNote support, extract
and delete methods for Exif thumbnails, classes to access Ifd, and support
for various image formats.
Security Fix(es):
* exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in jp2image.cpp
(CVE-2021-31291)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
4. Solution:
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
5. Bugs fixed ( https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
1990327 - CVE-2021-31291 exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in jp2image.cpp
6. Package List:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8):
Source:
compat-exiv2-026-0.26-4.el8_4.src.rpm
aarch64:
compat-exiv2-026-0.26-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-4.el8_4.aarch64.rpm
ppc64le:
compat-exiv2-026-0.26-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-4.el8_4.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
compat-exiv2-026-0.26-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-4.el8_4.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
compat-exiv2-026-0.26-4.el8_4.i686.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-0.26-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-4.el8_4.i686.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debuginfo-0.26-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-4.el8_4.i686.rpm
compat-exiv2-026-debugsource-0.26-4.el8_4.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
7. References:
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-31291
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
8. Contact:
The Red Hat security contact is . More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/
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