SB2015012303 - Buffer overflow in exiv2 (Alpine package)
Published: January 23, 2015
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015012303
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9449)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform service disruption.
Buffer overflow in the RiffVideo::infoTagsHandler function in riffvideo.cpp in Exiv2 0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long IKEY INFO tag value in an AVI file.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.