SB2018102309 - OpenSUSE Linux update for exiv2

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SB2018102309 - OpenSUSE Linux update for exiv2

Published: October 23, 2018

Security Bulletin ID SB2018102309
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12264)

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflows in LoaderTiff::getData() in preview.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::ValueType::setDataArea in value.hpp and perform a denial of service attack.


2) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-12265)

CWE-ID: CWE-190 - Integer overflow

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the LoaderExifJpeg class in preview.cpp. A remote attacker can trigger out-of-bounds read in Exiv2::MemIo::read in basicio.cpp and perform a denial of service attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References