cfitsio: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202101-24

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in cfitsio, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

sci-libs/cfitsio on all architectures
Affected versions < 3.490
Unaffected versions >= 3.490

Background

A C and Fortran library for manipulating FITS files.

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All cfitsio users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sci-libs/cfitsio-3.490"
 

References

Release date
January 26, 2021

Latest revision
January 26, 2021: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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