Buffer overflow in Exiv2 - CVE-2019-17402

Vulnerability identifier: #VU28797

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17402

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary in Exiv2::getULong() function in types.cpp when called from Exiv2::Internal::CiffDirectory::readDirectory in crwimage_int.cpp. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application, trigger memory corruption and crash the service.

Exiv2
exiv2 (Alpine package)
exiv2-debuginfo
libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo
libexiv2-26-32bit
exiv2-lang
libexiv2-doc
libexiv2-devel
libexiv2-26-debuginfo
libexiv2-26
exiv2-debugsource
exiv2
exiv2 (Red Hat package)
exiv2-libs
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Enterprise Storage
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Anolis OS
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Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
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Install update from vendor's website.

Exiv2 - update to 0.27.3
exiv2 (Alpine package) - update to 0.26-r1
exiv2-debuginfo - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
libexiv2-26-32bit - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
exiv2-lang - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-doc - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-devel - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-26-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
libexiv2-26 - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
exiv2-debugsource - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
exiv2 - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
exiv2 (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 0.27.0-3.el7_8, 0.27.3-2.el8
exiv2 - update to 0.27.3-3
exiv2-libs - update to 0.27.3-3

• https://github.com/Exiv2/exiv2/issues/1019
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00001.html
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4159-1/

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Exiv2
• Buffer overflow in exiv2 (Alpine package)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for exiv2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for exiv2
• SUSE update for exiv2-0_26
• SUSE update for exiv2
• Anolis OS update for exiv2 (Anolis OS 8.4)