Resource Exhaustion Affecting openexr package, versions <2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.96% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-OPENEXR-1090272
  • published1 Apr 2021
  • disclosed31 Mar 2021

Introduced: 31 Mar 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 openexr to version 2.3.0-6ubuntu0.5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream openexr package and not the openexr package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1