GLSA 202101-29: OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities
Severity: | normal |
Title: | OpenJPEG: Multiple vulnerabilities |
Date: | 01/26/2021 |
Bugs: |
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ID: | 202101-29 |
Synopsis
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in OpenJPEG, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.Background
OpenJPEG is an open-source JPEG 2000 library.
Affected packages
Package | Vulnerable | Unaffected | Architecture(s) |
---|---|---|---|
media-libs/openjpeg | < 2.4.0 | >= 2.4.0 | All supported architectures |
Description
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJPEG. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Impact
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
Resolution
All OpenJPEG 2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/openjpeg-2.4.0:2"
Gentoo has discontinued support OpenJPEG 1.x and any dependent packages should now be using OpenJPEG 2 or have dropped support for the library. We recommend that users unmerge OpenJPEG 1.x:
# emerge --unmerge "media-libs/openjpeg:1"
References
CVE-2020-27845 CVE-2020-27844 CVE-2020-27843 CVE-2020-27842 CVE-2020-27841 CVE-2020-27814 CVE-2020-15389 CVE-2019-12973 CVE-2018-21010
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
Concerns?
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License
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