GLSA-202312-06 : Exiv2: Multiple Vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 187205

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Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202312-06 (Exiv2: Multiple Vulnerabilities)

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Exiv2. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Gentoo Linux 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

All Exiv2 users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose >=media-gfx/exiv2-0.28.1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 187205

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202312-06.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks

Published: 12/22/2023

Updated: 9/24/2025

Supported Sensors: 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-2021-29464

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44398

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:gentoo:linux, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:exiv2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-18771, CVE-2020-18773, CVE-2020-18774, CVE-2020-18899, CVE-2021-29457, CVE-2021-29458, CVE-2021-29463, CVE-2021-29464, CVE-2021-29470, CVE-2021-29473, CVE-2021-29623, CVE-2021-31292, CVE-2021-32617, CVE-2021-32815, CVE-2021-34334, CVE-2021-34335, CVE-2021-37615, CVE-2021-37616, CVE-2021-37618, CVE-2021-37619, CVE-2021-37620, CVE-2021-37621, CVE-2021-37622, CVE-2021-37623, CVE-2023-44398

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