An update for exiv2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link (s) in the References section.

The exiv2 packages provide a command line utility which can display and manipulate image metadata such as EXIF, LPTC, and JPEG comments.

The following packages have been upgraded to a later upstream version:
exiv2 (0.27.0). (BZ#1652637)

Security Fix(es) :

* exiv2: heap-buffer-overflow in Exiv2::IptcData::printStructure in src/ iptc.cpp (CVE-2017-17724)

* exiv2: out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::Internal::stringFormat image.cpp (CVE-2018-8976)

* exiv2: invalid memory access in Exiv2::Internal::printCsLensFFFF function in canonmn_int.cpp (CVE-2018-8977)

* exiv2: out of bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c (CVE-2018-9305)

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

* exiv2: SIGABRT caused by memory allocation in types.cpp:Exiv2::Internal::PngChunk::zlibUncompress() (CVE-2018-10958)

* exiv2: SIGABRT by triggering an incorrect Safe::add call (CVE-2018-10998)

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

* exiv2: integer overflow in getData function in preview.cpp (CVE-2018-12264)

* exiv2: integer overflow in the LoaderExifJpeg class in preview.cpp (CVE-2018-12265)

* exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in WebPImage::decodeChunks in webpimage.cpp (CVE-2018-14046)

* exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp leading to application crash (CVE-2018-17282)

* exiv2: Stack overflow in CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp leading to denial of service (CVE-2018-17581)

* exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in image.cpp (CVE-2018-18915)

* exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::IptcParser::decode in iptc.cpp (CVE-2018-19107)

* exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata in psdimage.cpp (CVE-2018-19108)

* exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::readRawProfile in pngchunk_int.cpp (CVE-2018-19535)

* exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::isoSpeed in easyaccess.cpp (CVE-2018-19607)

* exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-20096)

* exiv2: Segmentation fault in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups function (CVE-2018-20097)

* exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-20098)

* exiv2: Infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header resulting in a denial of service (CVE-2018-20099)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes :

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

This update for exiv2 fixes the following issues :

exiv2 was updated to latest 0.26 branch, fixing bugs and security issues :

CVE-2017-1000126: Fixed an out of bounds read in webp parser (bsc#1068873).

CVE-2017-9239: Fixed a segmentation fault in TiffImageEntry::doWriteImage function (bsc#1040973).

CVE-2018-12264: Fixed an integer overflow in LoaderTiff::getData() which might have led to an out-of-bounds read (bsc#1097600).

CVE-2018-12265: Fixed integer overflows in LoaderExifJpeg which could have led to memory corruption (bsc#1097599).

CVE-2018-17229: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::d2Data via a crafted image (bsc#1109175).

CVE-2018-17230: Fixed a heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::d2Data via a crafted image (bsc#1109176).

CVE-2018-17282: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy (bsc#1109299).

CVE-2018-19108: Fixed an integer overflow in Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata which could have led to infinite loop (bsc#1115364).

CVE-2018-19607: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::isoSpeed which might have led to denial of service (bsc#1117513).

CVE-2018-9305: Fixed an out of bounds read in IptcData::printStructure which might have led to to information leak or denial of service (bsc#1088424).

CVE-2019-13114: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference which might have led to denial of service via a crafted response of an malicious http server (bsc#1142684).

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.

Exiv2 update with security fixes.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

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

    * exiv2: infinite loop and hang in Jp2Image::readMetadata() in jp2image.cpp could lead to DoS     (CVE-2019-20421)

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

    * exiv2: Excessive memory allocation in Exiv2::Jp2Image::readMetadata function in jp2image.cpp     (CVE-2018-4868)

    * exiv2: assertion failure in BigTiffImage::readData in bigtiffimage.cpp (CVE-2018-9303)

    * exiv2: divide by zero in BigTiffImage::printIFD in bigtiffimage.cpp (CVE-2018-9304)

    * exiv2: out of bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c (CVE-2018-9305)

    * 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)

    * exiv2: heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::d2Data in types.cpp (CVE-2018-17229)

    * exiv2: heap-based buffer overflow in Exiv2::ul2Data in types.cpp (CVE-2018-17230)

    * exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::DataValue::copy in value.cpp leading to application crash     (CVE-2018-17282)

    * exiv2: Stack overflow in CiffDirectory::readDirectory() at crwimage_int.cpp leading to denial of service     (CVE-2018-17581)

    * exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::Image::printIFDStructure function in image.cpp (CVE-2018-18915)

    * exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::IptcParser::decode in iptc.cpp (CVE-2018-19107)

    * exiv2: infinite loop in Exiv2::PsdImage::readMetadata in psdimage.cpp (CVE-2018-19108)

    * exiv2: heap-based buffer over-read in PngChunk::readRawProfile in pngchunk_int.cpp (CVE-2018-19535)

    * exiv2: NULL pointer dereference in Exiv2::isoSpeed in easyaccess.cpp (CVE-2018-19607)

    * exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::tEXtToDataBuf function resulting in a denial of service     (CVE-2018-20096)

    * exiv2: Segmentation fault in Exiv2::Internal::TiffParserWorker::findPrimaryGroups function     (CVE-2018-20097)

    * exiv2: Heap-based buffer over-read in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header resulting in a denial of service     (CVE-2018-20098)

    * exiv2: Infinite loop in Exiv2::Jp2Image::encodeJp2Header resulting in a denial of service     (CVE-2018-20099)

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

    * exiv2: denial of service in PngImage::readMetadata (CVE-2019-13109)

    * exiv2: integer overflow in WebPImage::decodeChunks leads to denial of service (CVE-2019-13111)

    * exiv2: uncontrolled memory allocation in PngChunk::parseChunkContent causing denial of service     (CVE-2019-13112)

    * exiv2: invalid data location in CRW image file causing denial of service (CVE-2019-13113)

    * exiv2: null-pointer dereference in http.c causing denial of service (CVE-2019-13114)

    * exiv2: out of bounds read in IptcData::printStructure in iptc.c (CVE-2018-9306)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
129015	CentOS 7 : exiv2 (CESA-2019:2101)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	9/19/2019	4/24/2024	high
135228	SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : exiv2 (SUSE-SU-2020:0921-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/6/2020	3/19/2024	high
120594	Fedora 28 : exiv2 (2018-8b67a5c7e2)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	1/3/2019	7/2/2024	high
184918	RockyLinux 8 : exiv2 (RLSA-2020:1577)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	11/7/2023	9/24/2025	high

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