Medium: OpenEXR

Issue Overview:

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. (CVE-2021-3479)

Affected Packages:

OpenEXR

Note:

This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.

Issue Correction:
Run yum update OpenEXR to update your system.

New Packages:

aarch64:  
    OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    OpenEXR-devel-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
    OpenEXR-debuginfo-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.aarch64  
  
i686:  
    OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    OpenEXR-devel-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686  
    OpenEXR-debuginfo-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.i686  
  
src:  
    OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.src  
  
x86_64:  
    OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    OpenEXR-devel-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    OpenEXR-libs-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  
    OpenEXR-debuginfo-1.7.1-8.amzn2.0.4.x86_64  

Additional References

Red Hat: CVE-2021-3479

Mitre: CVE-2021-3479