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Severity: Normal
Title: ExifTool: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 24, 2024
Bugs: #785667, #791397, #803317, #832033
ID: 202407-27<\/p>\n
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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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Affected packages
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Package Vulnerable Unaffected
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media-libs\/exiftool < 12.42 >= 12.42<\/p>\n
Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ExifTool. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.<\/p>\n
Impact
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Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.<\/p>\n
Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.<\/p>\n
Resolution
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All ExifTool users should upgrade to the latest version:<\/p>\n
# emerge –sync
# emerge –ask –oneshot –verbose “>=media-libs\/exiftool-12.42”<\/p>\n
References
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https:\/\/nvd.nist.gov\/vuln\/detail\/CVE-2021-22204
[ 2 ] CVE-2022-23935
https:\/\/nvd.nist.gov\/vuln\/detail\/CVE-2022-23935<\/p>\n
Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/security.gentoo.org\/glsa\/202407-27<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
License
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Copyright 2024 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).<\/p>\n
The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons – Attribution \/ Share Alike license.<\/p>\n
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