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MiracleLinux 7 : OpenEXR-1.7.1-8.el7 (AXSA:2020-656:02)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 294178
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 7 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2020-656:02 advisory.* OpenEXR: out-of-bounds read during Huffman uncompression (CVE-2020-11761)
* OpenEXR: std::vector out-of-bounds read and write in ImfTileOffsets.cpp (CVE-2020-11763)
* OpenEXR: out-of-bounds write in copyIntoFrameBuffer function in ImfMisc.cpp (CVE-2020-11764) CVE-2020-11761 An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. There is an out-of-bounds read during Huffman uncompression, as demonstrated by FastHufDecoder::refill in ImfFastHuf.cpp.
CVE-2020-11763 An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. There is an std::vector out-of-bounds read and write, as demonstrated by ImfTileOffsets.cpp.
CVE-2020-11764 An issue was discovered in OpenEXR before 2.4.1. There is an out-of-bounds write in copyIntoFrameBuffer in ImfMisc.cpp.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected OpenEXR-libs package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 294178
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2020-656.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: local
Published: 1/20/2026
Updated: 1/20/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11764
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:openexr-libs, cpe:/o:miracle:linux:7
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2020
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2020