PT-2021-4596 · Openexr+5 · Openexr+5

Pedro Sampaio · Published 2021-01-16 · Updated 2023-10-17 · CVE-2021-23215

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenEXR versions prior to 3.0.1

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow in the DwaCompressor component of OpenEXR. This flaw can be exploited by an attacker to crash an application compiled with OpenEXR, resulting in a denial of service. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.0.1, update to version 3.0.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the DwaCompressor component until a patch is applied.

Fix

Integer Overflow

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-190

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2023-1408

AZL-44532

BDU:2021-05278

CVE-2021-23215

DLA-2701-1

DLA-3236-1

DSA-5299-1

MGASA-2021-0326

OESA-2021-1238

OPENSUSE-SU-2021:0670-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2021_0670-1

ROSA-SA-2023-2247

SUSE-SU-2021:1489-1

SUSE-SU-2021_1489-1

USN-4996-1

USN-4996-2

USN-5620-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Astra Linux

Linuxmint

Openexr

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 68

• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se81-bulletin-20230315SE81 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-26260 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-26260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5299-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-5620-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[e-mail]/thread/4KYNJSMVA6YJY5NMKDZ5SAISKZG2KCKC · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2021-23215 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-23215 · Vendor Advisory
• https://wiki.astralinux.ru/astra-linux-se17-bulletin-2023-0303SE17MD · Vendor Advisory
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0326.html · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23169 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23215 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-3605 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4996-2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-20296 · Vendor Advisory