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Medium ALSA-2023:2216 2 CVEs

Moderate: gdk-pixbuf2 security update

Published May 9, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The gdk-pixbuf2 packages provide an image loading library that can be extended by loadable modules for new image formats. It is used by toolkits such as GTK+ or clutter.

Security Fix(es):

* gdk-pixbuf: heap-buffer overflow when decoding the lzw compressed stream of image data (CVE-2021-44648)
* gdk-pixbuf: heap-based buffer overflow when compositing or clearing frames in GIF files (CVE-2021-46829)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 9 gdk-pixbuf2 2.42.6-3.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 gdk-pixbuf2-devel 2.42.6-3.el9
AlmaLinux · 9 gdk-pixbuf2-modules 2.42.6-3.el9

Vulnerabilities 2

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-44648
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-46829
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2043722
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2114940
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2023-2216.html