Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.
Description
This update for exiv2 fixes the following issues :
CVE-2017-11591: A floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function could lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input. (bsc#1050257)
CVE-2017-14864: An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::getULong in types.cpp. The vulnerability caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which lead to denial of service. (bsc#1060995)
CVE-2017-14862: An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::DataValue::read in value.cpp. The vulnerability caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which lead to denial of service. (bsc#1060996)
CVE-2017-14859: An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in Exiv2::StringValueBase::read in value.cpp. The vulnerability caused a segmentation fault and application crash, which lead to denial of service. (bsc#1061000)
CVE-2017-11683: There is a reachable assertion in the Internal::TiffReader::visitDirectory function in tiffvisitor.cpp that could lead to a remote denial of service attack via crafted input.
(bsc#1051188)
CVE-2017-17669: There is a heap-based buffer over-read in the Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::keyTXTChunk function of pngchunk_int.cpp. A crafted PNG file would lead to a remote denial of service attack.
(bsc#1072928)
CVE-2018-10958: In types.cpp a large size value might have lead to a SIGABRT during an attempt at memory allocation for an Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress call. (bsc#1092952)
CVE-2018-10998: readMetadata in jp2image.cpp allowed remote attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGABRT) by triggering an incorrect Safe::add call. (bsc#1093095)
CVE-2018-11531: Exiv2 had a heap-based buffer overflow in getData in preview.cpp. (bsc#1095070)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2018-2772=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2018-2772=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2018-2772=1