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.

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.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
184918	RockyLinux 8 : exiv2 (RLSA-2020:1577)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	11/7/2023	9/24/2025	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

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