Resource Exhaustion Affecting openexr-devel package, versions <2.2.1-3.27.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-OPENEXRDEVEL-2679917
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed4 May 2021

Introduced: 4 May 2021

CVE-2021-3479  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 openexr-devel to version 2.2.1-3.27.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openexr-devel package and not the openexr-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

There's a flaw in OpenEXR's Scanline API functionality in versions before 3.0.0-beta. An attacker who is able to submit a crafted file to be processed by OpenEXR could trigger excessive consumption of memory, resulting in an impact to system availability.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1