ELSA-2021-4251: Security update for 4 packages

ELSA-2021-4251, released November 16, 2021, fixes 14 CVEs across 4 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

8.8

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0260

85th percentile

Priority of the 14 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 0
                                High 4
                                Routine 10

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
openjpeg2	ol 8	0:2.4.0-4.el8
openjpeg2-devel	ol 8	0:2.4.0-4.el8
openjpeg2-devel-docs	ol 8	0:2.4.0-4.el8
openjpeg2-tools	ol 8	0:2.4.0-4.el8

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2018-20847	openjpeg2: Resolves: (#1734337)	8.8	0.0217	None reported
High	CVE-2020-27814	libopenjp2-7: A heap-buffer overflow was found in the way openjpeg2 handled certain PNGformat files	7.8	0.0201	None reported
High	CVE-2021-3575	libopenjp2-7: A heap-based buffer overflow was found in openjpeg in color.c:379:42 insycc420_to_rgb when decompressing a crafted .j...	7.8	0.0155	None reported
High	CVE-2020-27823	libopenjpip-server: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder	7.8	0.0106	None reported
Routine	CVE-2019-12973	libopenjp2-7: In OpenJPEG 2.3.1, there is excessive iteration in the opj_t1_encode_cblksfunction of openjp2/t1.c	5.5	0.0260	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-15389	openjpeg2: Resolves: (#1855115)	6.5	0.0243	None reported
Routine	CVE-2018-20845	openjpeg2: Resolves: (#1730679)	6.5	0.0218	None reported
Routine	CVE-2018-5785	openjpeg2: Resolves: (#1538556)	6.5	0.0216	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-27843	libopenjp2-7: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG in versions prior to 2.4.0	5.5	0.0170	None reported
Routine	CVE-2018-5727	openjpeg2: Resolves: (#1538467)	6.5	0.0169	None reported
Routine	CVE-2021-29338	openjpeg2: ELSA-2021-4251: openjpeg2 security update (MODERATE)	6.2	0.0156	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-27824	libopenjp2-7: A flaw was found in OpenJPEG’s encoder in theopj_dwt_calc_explicit_stepsizes() function	5.5	0.0155	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-27842	libopenjp2-7: There's a flaw in openjpeg's t2 encoder in versions prior to 2.4.0	5.5	0.0146	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-27845	libopenjp2-7: There's a flaw in src/lib/openjp2/pi.c of openjpeg in versions prior to2.4.0	5.5	0.0146	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2018-20847

RHSA-2021:4251
openjpeg2, openjpeg2-devel, openjpeg2-devel-docs and 1 more on RHEL 8

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2021-4251.html

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