GLSA 201712-02: OpenCV: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:	normal
Title:	OpenCV: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	12/14/2017
Bugs:	#627230, #627958
ID:	201712-02

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenCV, the worst of which may result in a denial of service condition.

Background

OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision Library) is an open source computer vision and machine learning software library.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
media-libs/opencv	< 2.4.13-r3	>= 2.4.13-r3	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenCV. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

An attacker can cause a denial of service condition or conduct other memory corruption attacks.

Workaround

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution

All OpenCV users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/opencv-2.4.13-r3"
    

References

• CVE-2017-12597
• CVE-2017-12598
• CVE-2017-12599
• CVE-2017-12600
• CVE-2017-12601
• CVE-2017-12602
• CVE-2017-12603
• CVE-2017-12604
• CVE-2017-12605
• CVE-2017-12606
• CVE-2017-12862
• CVE-2017-12863
• CVE-2017-12864
• CVE-2017-14136

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201712-02.xml

Concerns?

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License

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