libexif: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202011-19

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in libexif, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

media-libs/libexif on all architectures
Affected versions < 0.6.22_p20201105
Unaffected versions >= 0.6.22_p20201105

Background

libexif is a library for parsing, editing and saving Exif metadata from images.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in libexif. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All libexif users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 ">=media-libs/libexif-0.6.22_p20201105"
 

References

Release date
November 16, 2020

Latest revision
November 16, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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