Uncaught Exception in Exiv2 - CVE-2017-11591

Vulnerability identifier: #VU69760

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-11591

CWE-ID: CWE-248

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to a floating point exception in the Exiv2::ValueType function in Exiv2. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted image to the application and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Exiv2
SUSE CaaS Platform
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Enterprise Storage
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications
openSUSE Leap
exiv2
exiv2-debuginfo
exiv2-debugsource
libexiv2-26
libexiv2-26-debuginfo
libexiv2-devel
libexiv2-doc
exiv2-lang
libexiv2-26-32bit
libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo

Install updates from vendor's website.

Exiv2 - update to 0.27
exiv2 - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
exiv2-debuginfo - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
exiv2-debugsource - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-26 - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
libexiv2-26-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
libexiv2-devel - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-doc - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
exiv2-lang - update to 0.26-150000.6.26.1
libexiv2-26-32bit - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1
libexiv2-26-32bit-debuginfo - addressed in versions 0.26-150000.6.26.1, 0.26-150400.9.21.1

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1473888

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Exiv2
• SUSE update for exiv2-0_26
• SUSE update for exiv2