Mageia alert MGASA-2019-0373 (openexr)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2019-0373: Updated openexr packages fix security vulnerability 
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Sun, 8 Dec 2019 19:13:12 +0100
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MGASA-2019-0373 - Updated openexr packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 08 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0373.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2017-14988

Description:
The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:

Header::readfrom in IlmImf/ImfHeader.cpp in OpenEXR 2.2.0 allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (excessive memory allocation) via
a crafted file that is accessed with the ImfOpenInputFile function in
IlmImf/ImfCRgbaFile.cpp. (CVE-2017-14988)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25758
- https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2019-08/msg00...
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-1...

SRPMS:
- 7/core/openexr-2.3.0-2.1.mga7