Resource Exhaustion Affecting gimp:flatpak/OpenEXR-debugsource package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-GIMP-4437085
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Feb 2021

Introduced: 15 Feb 2021

CVE-2021-3478  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 gimp:flatpak/OpenEXR-debugsource.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gimp:flatpak/OpenEXR-debugsource package and not the gimp:flatpak/OpenEXR-debugsource package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's scanline input file functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could consume excessive system memory. The greatest impact of this flaw is to system availability.

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