Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ExifTool, the worst of which could lead to arbitrary code execution.
| Package | media-libs/exiftool on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 12.42 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 12.42 |
ExifTool is a platform-independent Perl library plus a command-line application for reading, writing and editing meta information in a wide variety of files.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ExifTool. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All ExifTool users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/exiftool-12.42"