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High ALAS2-2021-1701 1 CVE

Important: exiv2 security update (Amazon Linux 2)

Published Sep 8, 2021 · Updated Sep 15, 2021

Ecosystem: Amazon Linux

Summary

Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-31291: A flaw was found in exiv2. A flawed bounds checking in the jp2Image.cpp:doWriteMetadata function leads to a heap-based buffer overflow. This flaw allows an attacker who can provide a malicious image to an application using the exiv2 library, to write data out of bounds and potentially execute code. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability. 1990327: CVE-2021-31291 exiv2: Heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in jp2image.cpp

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2-debuginfo 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2-devel 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2-doc 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.1
Amazon Linux · 2 exiv2-libs 0:0.27.0-4.amzn2.0.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2021-31291 Rejected

    DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2021-29457. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2021-29457. …

    exiv2 exiv2 Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • web
    https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-31291.html