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CentOS 8 : exiv2 (CESA-2020:1577)

high Nessus Plugin ID 145828

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2020:1577 advisory.

 - exiv2: infinite recursion in Exiv2::Image::printTiffStructure in file image.cpp resulting in denial of service (CVE-2019-9143)

 - exiv2: null pointer dereference in the Exiv2::DataValue::toLong function in value.cpp (CVE-2017-18005)

 - exiv2: OOB read in pngimage.cpp:tEXtToDataBuf() allows for crash via crafted file (CVE-2018-10772)

 - exiv2: information leak via a crafted file (CVE-2018-11037)

 - exiv2: buffer overflow in samples/geotag.cpp (CVE-2018-14338)

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 packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1577

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145828

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2020-1577.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/1/2021

Updated: 9/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9143

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgexiv2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gnome-color-manager, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exiv2-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libgexiv2-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exiv2-libs, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:exiv2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:gegl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/28/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-18005, CVE-2018-10772, CVE-2018-11037, CVE-2018-14338, CVE-2018-17229, CVE-2018-17230, CVE-2018-17282, CVE-2018-17581, CVE-2018-18915, CVE-2018-19107, CVE-2018-19108, CVE-2018-19535, CVE-2018-19607, CVE-2018-20096, CVE-2018-20097, CVE-2018-20098, CVE-2018-20099, CVE-2018-4868, CVE-2018-9303, CVE-2018-9304, CVE-2018-9305, CVE-2019-13109, CVE-2019-13111, CVE-2019-13112, CVE-2019-13113, CVE-2019-13114, CVE-2019-20421, CVE-2019-9143

BID: 102477, 104607, 106003, 107161, 109279, 109287, 109292

RHSA: 2020:1577