Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 202407-27

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202407-27
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Severity: Normal
Title: ExifTool: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 24, 2024
Bugs: #785667, #791397, #803317, #832033
ID: 202407-27

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ExifTool, the worst of
which could lead to arbitrary code execution.

Background
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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.

Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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media-libs/exiftool < 12.42 >= 12.42

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

Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All ExifTool users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=media-libs/exiftool-12.42”

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2021-22204
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-22204
[ 2 ] CVE-2022-23935
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23935

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202407-27

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users’ machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

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