Summary
Package updates are available for Amazon Linux 2023 that fix the following vulnerabilities: CVE-2021-46829: GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files, as demonstrated by io-gif-animation.c composite_frame. This overflow is controllable and could be abused for code execution, especially on 32-bit systems.
Fixed packages 9
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | gdk-pixbuf2 | 0:2.42.6-1.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | gdk-pixbuf2-debuginfo | 0:2.42.6-1.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | gdk-pixbuf2-debugsource | 0:2.42.6-1.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | gdk-pixbuf2-devel | 0:2.42.6-1.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | gdk-pixbuf2-devel-debuginfo | 0:2.42.6-1.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | gdk-pixbuf2-modules | 0:2.42.6-1.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | gdk-pixbuf2-modules-debuginfo | 0:2.42.6-1.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | gdk-pixbuf2-tests | 0:2.42.6-1.amzn2023.0.3 |
| Amazon Linux · 2023 | gdk-pixbuf2-tests-debuginfo | 0:2.42.6-1.amzn2023.0.3 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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GNOME GdkPixbuf (aka GDK-PixBuf) before 2.42.8 allows a heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames …
References
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web
https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2021-46829.html